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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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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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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 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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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
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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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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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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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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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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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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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