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Tennis Quotes by Billie Jean King
- For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.
- Tennis is a game of angles. You never have time to figure the angles. It's practiced. It's so practiced that it becomes an instinct. You…
- 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…
- 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…
- I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost…
- I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.
- Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's…
- Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
- Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
- I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
- I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
- I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
- I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
- Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least…
- There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf…
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- I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. — Arthur Ashe
- Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. — Arthur Ashe
- Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. — Boris Becker
- Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because… — Boris Becker
- When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully… — Hugo Black
- What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. — Andre Agassi
- First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis… — Andre Agassi
- Being number two sucks. — Andre Agassi
- I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis. — Andre Agassi