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I wanted to use sports for social change.

Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
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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.
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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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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 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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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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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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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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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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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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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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 think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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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 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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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
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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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Don't worry about what people say.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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