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Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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Long Beach
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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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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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When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.
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I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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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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I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team.
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It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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