Billie Jean King Billie Jean King’s first glimpse at her destiny was in, of all places, the family kitchen. At the age of five, washing dishes with her mother, Billie Jean shared a dream. As she recalls, "I had this flash come over me that I'd do something great with my life. I told my mom, and she just said, 'Okay, that's fine, dear, just keep washing.' And I said, in the way …showed first 75 words of 1541 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1541 total…she had an OK relationship with the media. The media did see her as different in the way of sports but she was featured in many sports magazines as an influential woman. She believed that she could be the best woman tennis player in the world. The world today might have been different if she hadn’t existed because she gave a lot of hopes and dreams to woman in today to join professional sports.