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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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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
California
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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 have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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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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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 have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
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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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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.
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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 was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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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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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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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