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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.

Billie Jean King

I didn’t really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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Care Sports Thinking
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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Hard Player Thinking Work
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?
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Anybody Little Matter Mean Number One Ranking
I 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.
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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week
Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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Beats Hero Reason Respected
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Asking Dancing Singing Stop
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Inspirational Running Sports
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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Learning Sports Talent Winning
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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Doors People Race
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Care Educational Games
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Bad Everything Long Sports Years
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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Business Fall Integrity

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