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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.

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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I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
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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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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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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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I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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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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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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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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Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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 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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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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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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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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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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