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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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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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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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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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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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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Don't worry about what people say.
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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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