Billie Jean King Quotes

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

I don't need government to be successful.

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.

I just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it.

I developed a sense of maturity when it comes to being dependent upon other people. I don't feel anyone really truly wants me to win more than I do.

Do everything yourself.

The thing is, if you're in this world, you have to do things for yourself, not for others, because everyone will judge you for anything.

No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

I'm my own salesman. I can't let anybody do anything for me.

I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me.

We all have to work for happiness. And you cannot listen to other people. That is the worst mistake you can make.