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Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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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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