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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: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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Long Beach
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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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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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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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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 you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.
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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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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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It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing--especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don't think it's so much about becoming a tennis player. It's about becoming a person.
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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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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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Champions take responsibility.
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