Billie Jean King Quotes

Having pressure is a privilege.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

I hope I can live up to the faith that has been put in me to do a good job.

For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1.

I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.

I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.

I've always said that you're obviously doing something right if you have got pressure on you.

For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.

People expect a lot for me now, and I will achieve that.

As a director, I was apprehensive about the outcome of 'Kick.' As it scored well, it is my duty to get above that expectation.

When you are successful, there is the pressure of performing consistently; when you are not, there is the pressure of coming back and doing well.

There is a lot of extra responsibility on you as a player from the academy. You're expected to play and act as a signing, which is pressure, but in a way it pushes you to get a better performance out of yourself.

One of the best sayings in tennis and sport is that pressure is a privilege.

There's always pressure and that pressure is earned.

Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!

With success comes expectation, and I know the expectation on me is going to be pretty high.

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

Based on history the expectations are simply the highest, it kind of could become a burden for you or it could be something that you are really proud of, you know so I take the second one.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

When they come here, what we are looking for them to do is step up to the plate, take responsibility and get the big innings, the centuries - or take a lead with the ball.

One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it.

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

I have been very fortunate, so much is expected of me.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.