American - Athlete | February 25, 1918 - October 25, 1995
I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.
Bobby Riggs
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I always rise to the occasion for that big bet.
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Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.
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If you're betting all the time, everything is just another bet. You don't even think about the money after you've made the arrangements. You're used to it.
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That's the trouble with the women's game. Those women think they're men, and they go off hitting all over the place. They'd be better off if they'd played like women.
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People said I was tanking, but Billie Jean beat me fair and square.
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Women should do kitchen work and take care of babies.
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The man is king. The man is supreme.
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I'm out to prove that a guy 55 years old, with one foot in the grave, can play with the best woman in the world and maybe beat her. It'll be a big boost for men's superiority.
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I'll never play for more than I can afford to lose.
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When I don't enjoy it anymore, I'll stop. But I think as long as people want me to be where the action is, I'll be there. I just love to play tennis.
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Senior tennis is like the younger game in slow motion. It is much more of a backcourt game. The player who had a big game in his prime finds it harder to play that same game as a senior. But any senior who could lob well when he was young can still hit a good lob.
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