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    Billie Jean King

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    I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #lot #say

    I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #first #i #knew #lesson #life

    I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #i #like #people #risks #take

    I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #been #great #i #into #life

    I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #coaching #grass-roots #i #i love #love

    I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #come #hope #i #i think #impossible

    I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #cares #coming #i #i think #just

    I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #any #i #sexuality #talked #tennis

    I wanted to use sports for social change. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #i #social #social change #sports #use

    I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well. ↗


    — Billie Jean King

    #always #i #team #teams #tennis






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    to the Fed Cup championship in 1996 and helped Lindsay Davenport Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernandez capture Olympic gold medals. King won the title in Richmond; however one week later King lost in the semifinals of the tournament in San Juan. ) Three weeks later at the US Open King retired from her fourth round match with Julie Heldman while ill and suffering from the oppressive heat and humidity.

    The Fed Cup Award of Excellence was bestowed on King in 2010. In 1972 King was the joint winner with John Wooden of the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award and was one of the Time Persons of the year in 1975.

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