A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
BILLIE JEAN KINGEach point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Champions take responsibility.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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