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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.

Billie Jean King

Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Asking Dancing Singing Stop
Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Character Important Thinking
It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Choices Craft Gratification Player Thinking
I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Love Personality Player Sports Today
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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Numbers Player Thinking Younger
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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Running Sports Strong
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
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
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Girl Minister Sports Team Women President
I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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Child Children More Soccer Sports
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
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Boundaries People Softer

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