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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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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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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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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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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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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.
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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 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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I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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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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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 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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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn 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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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