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Billie Jean King is an American tennis player and educator. King won 39 Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles, 16 women’s doubles, and 11 mixed doubles titles. She was the first player to win a Grand Slam event in singles, images, and mixed doubles. King was the founder of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).
King is one of the most influential tennis players of all time. From helping create equal prize money to fighting for equality, Billie Jean King has done so much for women’s tennis throughout her career.
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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.’”
