Billie Jean King Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team. I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can't just have what they call a lesson today every week.

  Billie Jean King

  Fun, Children, Team

  Interview with Jonathan Scott, www.tennis.com. December 17, 2013.

• It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

  Billie Jean King

  Success, Sports, Dream

• I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, "What are your children playing?" And most of the time it's not tennis. It's pathetic.

  Billie Jean King

  Children, Tennis, Adults

  Interview with Jonathan Scott, www.tennis.com. December 17, 2013.

• I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Children, Team

• 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 more fun if they're on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.

  Billie Jean King

  Soccer, Sports, Children

• 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 like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Children, Technology

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