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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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Champions take responsibility.
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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
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Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain...and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?
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It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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