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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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
Sports
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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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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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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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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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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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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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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Don't worry about what people say.
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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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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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