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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.

Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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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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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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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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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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Champions take responsibility.
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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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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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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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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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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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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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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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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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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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