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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

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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Tennis
Privilege
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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 they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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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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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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Don't worry about what people say.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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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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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 liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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Champions take responsibility.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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