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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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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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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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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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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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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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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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