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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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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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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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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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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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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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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