Quote

I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.

Billie Jean King

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
Take
Like
People
Entrepreneurial
Risks
Risk
Sports

More quotes by Billie Jean King

Image
Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Billie Jean King
Image
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
Billie Jean King
Image
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
Billie Jean King
Image
Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him.
Billie Jean King
Image
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
Billie Jean King
Image
Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
Billie Jean King
Image
I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
Billie Jean King
Image
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?
Billie Jean King
Image
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
Billie Jean King
Image
I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
Billie Jean King
Image
I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
Billie Jean King
Image
It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
Billie Jean King
Image
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
Billie Jean King
Image
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
Billie Jean King
Image
When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
Billie Jean King
Image
When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
Billie Jean King
Image
The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
Billie Jean King
Image
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
Image
Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.
Billie Jean King
Image
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