Billie Jean King Quotes

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• Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

  Billie Jean King

  Tennis, Pressure, Privilege

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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.

  Billie Jean King

  Leadership, Sports, Athlete

  Billie Jean King, Frank Deford (1982). “Billie Jean”, Viking Pr

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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.

  Billie Jean King

  Character, Thinking, Important

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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.

  Billie Jean King

  Success, Sports, Character

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 02, 2010

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• Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.

  Billie Jean King

  Define Yourself, Define You

  Twitter post from Dec 18, 2017

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• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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• I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

  Billie Jean King

  Success, Motivational Sports, Women

  "The New Edge in Sports Performance and Results" by Howard Falco, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2015.

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• For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.

  Billie Jean King

  Persistence, Tennis, Competition

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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.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Years, Tennis

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 07, 2010

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• 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.

  Billie Jean King

  Race, Doors, People

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• Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

  Billie Jean King

  Badass, Women, Boxing

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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.

  Billie Jean King

  Leadership, Sports, Dedication

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• My whole life has been about equal rights and opportunities. For me it really goes back to the health of mind, body and soul.

  Billie Jean King

  Opportunity, Rights, Soul

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• Create your legacy, and pass the baton.

  Billie Jean King

  Success, Legacy, Baton

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• No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspiring, World, Obsession

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Sep 24, 2010

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• The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

  Billie Jean King

  Educational, Games, Care

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Sep 28, 2010

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• In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.

  Billie Jean King

  Girl, Sports, Athlete

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• A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

  Billie Jean King

  Motivational, Success, Sports

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 14, 2010

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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.'

  Billie Jean King

  Responsibility, Important, Gone

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• Don't be afraid to hit the ball.

  Billie Jean King

  Volleyball, Inspirational Life, Healing

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• Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.

  Billie Jean King

  Life Lesson, Responsibility, Tennis

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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.

  Billie Jean King

  Running, Sacrifice, Goal

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• It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.

  Billie Jean King

  Hymns, Differences, Important

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 12, 2010

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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.

  Billie Jean King

  Softball, Passion, Winning

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Apr 20, 2010

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• Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Men, Attention

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