Billie Jean King Quotes About Tennis

Quotes about: Tennis

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

  Billie Jean King

  Tennis, Pressure, Privilege

• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

• 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

• Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Perfect, Tennis

  "The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes" by Geoff Tibballs, (p. 593), 2004.

• When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team. 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.

  Billie Jean King

  Fun, Children, Team

  Interview with Jonathan Scott, www.tennis.com. December 17, 2013.

• 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

• Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.

  Billie Jean King

  Girl, Tennis, Hints

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

  Billie Jean King

  Persistence, Tennis, Competition

• Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.

  Billie Jean King

  Success, Sports, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 23, 2010

• Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.

  Billie Jean King

  Mean, Play, Focus

• Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Apr 30, 2010

• 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.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Squash, Roots

• I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Tennis, Made

• I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.

  Billie Jean King

  Art, Moving, Player

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Aug 09, 2010

• As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.

  Billie Jean King

  Stars, Tennis, Needs

  Interview with Jonathan Scott, www.tennis.com. December 17, 2013.

• I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

  Billie Jean King

  Team, Tennis, World

• 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

  Home, Men, Tennis

• 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

  Sports, Journey, Tennis

• I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, "What are your children playing?" And most of the time it's not tennis. It's pathetic.

  Billie Jean King

  Children, Tennis, Adults

  Interview with Jonathan Scott, www.tennis.com. December 17, 2013.

• 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

  People, Tennis, Important

• Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].

  Billie Jean King

  Thinking, Tennis, Get Better

• 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

  Wrestling, Games, Tennis

• 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, Sports, Team

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 15, 2010

• 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

• 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?

  Billie Jean King

  Mean, Winning, Old Things

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