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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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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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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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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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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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Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.
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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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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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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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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 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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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