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Champions take responsibility.

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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
Champions
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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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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 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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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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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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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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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Don't worry about what people say.
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