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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
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
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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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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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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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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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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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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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You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.
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Don't worry about what people say.
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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him.
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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it.
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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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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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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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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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