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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.

Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
Wrestling
Pressure
Winning
Comes
Execute

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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you. Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can't be friends with everybody.
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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.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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Don't worry about what people say.
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Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.
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