Quote

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

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
Debt
Spend
Money
Much
Make

More quotes by Billie Jean King

Image
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
Billie Jean King
Image
Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King
Image
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
Billie Jean King
Image
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
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
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
A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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
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.
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 liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
Billie Jean King
Image
I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
Billie Jean King
Image
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King
Image
Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
Billie Jean King
Image
I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
Billie Jean King
Image
Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
Billie Jean King
Image
No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
Billie Jean King
Image
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.
Billie Jean King