Bobby Riggs Quotes
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Evel Knievel bet me $25,000 I couldn't ride a motorcycle 650 miles from Las Vegas to Twin Falls, Idaho.
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People said I was tanking, but Billie Jean beat me fair and square.
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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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I've got to have a bet going in order to play my best.
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I've played this game from 12-under to the over-70s. So when they say tennis is a game from the cradle to the grave, you truly have it right.
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The best way to handle women is to keep them pregnant and barefoot.
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The best poker game is seven-card stud, high-low splits. I mean, it's the best if you don't have to declare high or low, and can win it all with a low straight.
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No woman ever lived who could compete with a man on an equal basis - even a 55-year-old man. There's a lot of talk about Women's Lib. They feel they're worth as much as the guys, but they can't play a lick if they can't beat a 55-year-old guy.
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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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Women's tennis? I think it stinks. They hit the ball back and forth, have a lot of nice volleys, and you can see some pretty legs. But it's night and day compared to men's tennis.
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I am the greatest money player in history.
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Ali reversed the decision in a second fight with Joe Frazier. That's what would happen if I played Billie Jean again.
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I always rise to the occasion for that big bet.
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If I am to be a chauvinist pig, I want to be the number one pig.
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The drop shots and lobs are very effective in senior tennis.
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Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.
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I like to bet on as close to a sure thing as you can find.
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I have to admit, I underestimated Billie Jean and overestimated myself.
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Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats; she's one of the superstars. She's ready for the big one, but she doesn't stand a chance against me. Women's tennis is so far beneath men's tennis; that's what makes the contest with a 55-year-old man the greatest contest of all time.
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Women belong in the bedroom and the kitchen, in that order.
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Billie Jean just caught me on a bad day.
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If I can't play for big money, I play for a little money. And if I can't play for a little money, I stay in bed that day.
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My biggest problem is overconfidence.
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Women play about twenty-five percent as good as men, so they should get about twenty-five percent of the money men get.