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

Quote by Billie Jean King

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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a...

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a...

I wanted to use sports for social change.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.

At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates...

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates...

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but...

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but...

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain...

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain...

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us...

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us...

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

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...

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father...

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father...

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in...

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I...

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I...

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and...

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and...

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that...

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that...

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...

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...

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.