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I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

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
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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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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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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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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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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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It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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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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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 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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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