That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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 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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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I will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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 would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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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 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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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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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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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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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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