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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.

Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
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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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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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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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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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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 like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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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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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 always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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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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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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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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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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