Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
Billie Jean King
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
Asked
Question
Sports
Whether
Often
Women
Absurd
Men
Athlete
Leadership
More quotes by Billie Jean King
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
It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing--especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don't think it's so much about becoming a tennis player. It's about becoming a person.
Billie Jean King
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
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
Billie Jean King
Some people do have softer boundaries.
Billie Jean King
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.
Billie Jean King
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
Billie Jean King
I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
Billie Jean King
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.
Billie Jean King
I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
Billie Jean King
Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
Billie Jean King
As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.
Billie Jean King
We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain...and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
Billie Jean King
Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
Billie Jean King
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
Billie Jean King
Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King
I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
Billie Jean King
I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
Billie Jean King
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Billie Jean King
