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I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
California
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When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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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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Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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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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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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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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Love, light & blessings be On this day I wish to say 'Health & Happiness to come your way' Happy Birthday
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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 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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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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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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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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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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