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Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
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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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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing--especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don't think it's so much about becoming a tennis player. It's about becoming a person.
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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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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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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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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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 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 have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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Don't worry about what people say.
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