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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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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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Tennis Coach
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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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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When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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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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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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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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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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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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?
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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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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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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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