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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.

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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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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Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.
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I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.
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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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At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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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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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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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 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 people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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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 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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