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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

Billie Jean King Consequence Decision Responsibility Tennis Wisdom

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Perseverance Practice Sports

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

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Anxiety About Future

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

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Self Knowledge

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

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Self Reliance

In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Women Finance Now

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Sports Women Woman

If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Partner You Wants

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

Billie Jean King Life Character Rules

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

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Action Tennis Perfect

Sports are a microcosm of society.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Society Microcosm

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

Billie Jean King Women People Okay

I wanted to use sports for social change.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Change Social Change

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Women Men Reach

I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King People Risks

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

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Women Men Attention

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Opportunity Power Choice

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

~ Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Winning Losing Champion
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