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Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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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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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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No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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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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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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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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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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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Don't worry about what people say.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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