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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.

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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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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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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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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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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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 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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain...and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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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 always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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.
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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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I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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