51 ordspråk av Billie Jean King

US  Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King föddes den November 22nd 1943 - considered to be one of the greatest female tennis players in history. b.
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 I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

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

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

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

 I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's tour and affect all women's self esteem.

 I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's tour and affect all women's self esteem.

 I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.

 I'm glad that Sheryl was able to make this decision on her own terms and for her own reasons. I'm happy for her to be able to live openly and freely, and I hope that others will gain strength from her decision.

 I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.

 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?

 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.

 It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side . . . any female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

 It was just a big deal to play there because the Astrodome was a big deal.

 It's just the right thing to do in the 21st century. The people in power can do whatever they want. But I would hope they would find it in their hearts and minds.

 It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.


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