It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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 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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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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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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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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