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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
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
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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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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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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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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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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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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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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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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 worry about what people say.
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
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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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