"Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships."

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"Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships."

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"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

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

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"I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well."

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"That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question."

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"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."

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"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

"The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun."

"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."

"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."

"I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there."

"It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion."

"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."

"OK, publishing a book and releasing a movie is all very well, but Tottenham beating Man. U. 3-2... priceless."

"There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that."

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

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"I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life."

"Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever."

"That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question."

"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."

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

"I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much."

"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."