Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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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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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say 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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The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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