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. Billie Jean King More Quotes by Billie Jean King More Quotes From Billie Jean King I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team. Billie Jean King team sports children I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour. Billie Jean King tennis journey sports It's important to try to get people to think about women's wellness. Billie Jean King important people thinking Sports are a microcosm of society. Billie Jean King microcosm sports Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next. Billie Jean King next marriage moments Champions take responsibility. Billie Jean King taking-responsibility champion responsibility Don't worry about what people say. Billie Jean King naysayers worry people I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate. Billie Jean King strong perfect sports Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever. Billie Jean King fleeting victory forever 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. Billie Jean King tennis home men Tennis is a game of angles. You never have time to figure the angles. It's practiced. It's so practiced that it becomes an instinct. You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there. Billie Jean King tennis games wrestling When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about. Billie Jean King technology sports children Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world. Billie Jean King competition sports world 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. Billie Jean King soccer sports children 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. Billie Jean King player sports thinking I got to see the best players in the world every year the week after the U.S. Nationals, which is now known as the US Open, in Los Angeles. That made a huge difference in my life. Billie Jean King differences player years It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world. Billie Jean King tennis important people Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis]. Billie Jean King tennis get-better thinking Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given. Billie Jean King trust-and-respect given I like to see what future generations are thinking about. Billie Jean King future-generation generations thinking
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