I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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Champions take responsibility.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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