Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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 always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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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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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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 liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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Champions take responsibility.
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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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