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Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
Sports
Society
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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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Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you. Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can't be friends with everybody.
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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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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him.
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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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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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.
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Love, light & blessings be On this day I wish to say 'Health & Happiness to come your way' Happy Birthday
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The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it.
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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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Champions take responsibility.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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 think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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