Billie Jean King

I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.

Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exists because of their silent consent.

This morning I woke with my ear pressed between shoulder blades. Every inhale, every drum, every pump, thump of your heartbeat said one thing – home, home, home.

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.

Every one knows that insufficient rest and gorging are not good for anyone, either physically or mentally.

You generate the results in your life that you believe you deserve.

Sometimes, the only way to discover who you are or what life you should lead is to do less planning and more living…

The philosophy of life indicates that our principal business on this planet is the gaining of experience.

Should a man quit at 40 he is failure-Retire at that age is sorry failure.

If gold rust what shall the iron do?

Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.

If you believe you deserve better, you will create better for yourself.

There is no mistake in nature.