Billie Jean King quotes

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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
Billie Jean King
Love
Personality
Right
Today
I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
Billie Jean King
Time
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.
Billie Jean King
First
Law
Want
Will
I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
Billie Jean King
Care
Coach
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
Billie Jean King
Respect
I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
Billie Jean King
World
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Billie Jean King
Being
Self
I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.
Billie Jean King
Time
Hope
Will
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
Business
Love
Coaching
Tennis
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
Billie Jean King
Money
Life
Tennis
I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
Billie Jean King
People
I wanted to use sports for social change.
Billie Jean King
Change
Sports
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
Business
Tennis
World
I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
Billie Jean King
Help
Tennis
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
Billie Jean King
Men
Women
Events