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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.

Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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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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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I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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.
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you. Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can't be friends with everybody.
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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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