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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.

Billie Jean King

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

Important People Tennis
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Inspiring Obsession World
A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Fall Girl Scholarship Sports
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Athletes Dreams Sports Success
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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Athlete Men Point Reach Sports Time
That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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Anybody Little Matter Mean Number One Ranking
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Bad Everything Long Sports Years
I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Child Children More Soccer Sports
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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Calendar Deal Players Things
It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Birthday Down Today Upside
As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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Games Needs Pipeline Stars Tennis
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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Character Important Thinking
I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Love Personality Player Sports Today
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Girl Hardest Hints Tennis
Sports are a microcosm of society.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Microcosm Sports

When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.

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