Billie Jean King Quotes
A former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
(1943 - )
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.
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Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
[Sports]
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Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.
[Self Reliance]
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Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
[Sports]
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
[Sports]
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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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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
[Tennis]
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I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
[Tennis]
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I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
[Self Knowledge]
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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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