"[T]he most important words that have helped me in life when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are 'accept responsibility.'...
And I'll give you an idea. Like in tennis, every ball that comes to me is a decision. Every ball that comes to me is a decision. Do I slice it, do I hit cross-court, do I hit topspin, do I hit sidespin, do I lob? What do I do? But I have to accept responsibility for that. And that's where sports teaches us to put it on the line, so to speak, and live it."
- Billie Jean King, Commencement Address at University of Massachusetts, 2000
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