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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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
Billie Jean Moffitt
Execute
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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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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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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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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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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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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team.
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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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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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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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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