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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.
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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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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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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Don't worry about what people say.
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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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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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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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