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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.

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
Billie Jean Moffitt
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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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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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Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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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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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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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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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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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Champions take responsibility.
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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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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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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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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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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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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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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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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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