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Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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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 liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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Don't worry about what people say.
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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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Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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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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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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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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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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Love, light & blessings be On this day I wish to say 'Health & Happiness to come your way' Happy Birthday
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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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