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Billie Jean King Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the american athlete Billie Jean King on topics like ball, afraid, error

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

    — Billie Jean King on fear
    157
  • Champions keep playing until they get it right.

    — Billie Jean King on persistence
    14
  • Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.

    — Billie Jean King on responsibility
    4
  • Billie Jean King quote Champions keep playing until they get it right.

    Champions keep playing until they get it right.

    — Billie Jean King
    7
  • 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 on risk
    3
  • I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.

    — Billie Jean King on lot
    3
  • 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 on allowed
    1
  • Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

    — Billie Jean King on afraid
    0
  • 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 female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

    — Billie Jean King on assumed
    0
  • I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

    — Billie Jean King on champion
    0
  • Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

    — Billie Jean King on sports
    0
  • 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 on accept
    0
  • 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 on arrived
    0
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