Occupation: Tennis Player Birth: November 22, 1943
Create your legacy, and pass the baton..
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 ….
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world..
I think if you're put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have mor….
It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be o….
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose..
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 just know wh….
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing..
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 ac….
When I was outed, it was like, That's done..
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever..
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 at home in th….
As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it..
I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every ye….
A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time..
I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport..
I got to see the best players in the world every year the week after the U.S. Nationals, which is now known as the US Open, in Los Angeles. That made….
In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity..
Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters..
When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?.
When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arri….