At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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