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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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 King
I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.
Billie King
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
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I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's tour and affect all women's self esteem.
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I call them the first generation of men of the women's movement. They have tears in their eyes, they're in their late 40s and 50s. 'I was really young when I watched your match, I have a daughter now. I cannot tell you how that changed my life and how I raise my daughter.
Billie King
I'm glad that Sheryl was able to make this decision on her own terms and for her own reasons. I'm happy for her to be able to live openly and freely, and I hope that others will gain strength from her decision.
Billie King
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