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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
Wrestling
Pressure
Winning
Comes

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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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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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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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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 think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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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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I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you. Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can't be friends with everybody.
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