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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.

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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Wrestling
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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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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 people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Champions take responsibility.
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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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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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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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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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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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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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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Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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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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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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