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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
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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 think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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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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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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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.
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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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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.
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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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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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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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