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Some people do have softer boundaries.

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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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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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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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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.
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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
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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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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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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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When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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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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