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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.

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
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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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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 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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Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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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 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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