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Champions take responsibility.

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
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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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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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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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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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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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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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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 like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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 try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.
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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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Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
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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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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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