Billie Jean King Quotes, Thoughts and images

The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.

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.

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.

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

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.

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

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are 'accept responsibility.'

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.

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

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.

Don't be afraid to hit the ball.

I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.

Create your legacy, and pass the baton.

Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.

When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

Some people do have softer boundaries.

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

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.