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Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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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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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.
Billie Jean King
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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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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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
Billie Jean King
Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
Billie Jean King
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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.
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Champions take responsibility.
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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.
Billie Jean King
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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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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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
Billie Jean King
Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Billie Jean King
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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