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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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Champions take responsibility.
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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 trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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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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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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Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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Love, light & blessings be On this day I wish to say 'Health & Happiness to come your way' Happy Birthday
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?
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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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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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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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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Don't worry about what people say.
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