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Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
Sports

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I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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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.
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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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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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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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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Champions take responsibility.
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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