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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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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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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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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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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 one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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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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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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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 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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I wanted to use sports for social change.
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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?
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Champions take responsibility.
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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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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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I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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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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