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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.

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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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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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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It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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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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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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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first 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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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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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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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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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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Champions take responsibility.
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Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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