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

Quote by Billie Jean King

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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total...

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total...

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about...

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about...

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women,...

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women,...

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love...

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love...

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 would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their...

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their...

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than...

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than...

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on...

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on...

Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be...

Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be...

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope...

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope...

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you...

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you...

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any...

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any...

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

When I was outed, it was like, That's done.

When I was outed, it was like, That's done.

I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match....

I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match....

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on...

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on...

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.