35 Most Inspiring Billie Jean King Quotes On Success
“Be bold. If you are going to make an error, make a doozy, and don’t be afraid to hit the ball.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No.1, I can’t say it.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.” ― Billie Jean King
“Sometimes you have to be satisfied. You try hard enough. Don’t be so self-critical; don’t be so hard on yourself. (Shape your Self by M. Navratilova)” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“Don’t let anyone define you. You define yourself.” ― Billie Jean King
“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” ― Billie Jean King
“No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.” ― Billie Jean King
“No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” ― Billie Jean King
“The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.” ― Billie Jean King
“That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.” ― Billie Jean King
“You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.” ― Billie Jean King
“Be bold if you are going to make an error make a doozy.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“I have often been asked whether I am a woman or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a woman.” ― Billie Jean King
“I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“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
“Don’t go into debt, and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.” ― Billie Jean King
“Champions take responsibility.” ― Billie Jean King
“I wanted to use sports for social change.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” ― Billie Jean King
“Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.” ― Billie Jean King
“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
“It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side and a female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.” ― Billie Jean King
“Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.” ― Billie Jean King
“I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.” ― Billie Jean King
“Face your fears; live your passions, be dedicated to your truth.” ― Billie Jean King
“The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’”