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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
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
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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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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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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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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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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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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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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him.
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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Champions take responsibility.
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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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