Billie Jean King Quotes
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People say, "Do you know how much a million dollars is?" I don't have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.
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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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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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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. 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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I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. 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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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It's your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain...and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... 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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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.
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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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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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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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