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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.

Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
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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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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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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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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 always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.
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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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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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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 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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