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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: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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Tennis
Privilege
Pressure
Comes

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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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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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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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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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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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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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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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Love, light & blessings be On this day I wish to say 'Health & Happiness to come your way' Happy Birthday
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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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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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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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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