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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
Obsession
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I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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Love, light & blessings be On this day I wish to say 'Health & Happiness to come your way' Happy Birthday
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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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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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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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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 knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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