Pressure Is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes

By Billie Jean King and Christine Brennan

Book Overview

Billie Jean King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" was a pivotal moment in gender relations for generations of American women and men. But her journey to the "Battle of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981636802
• ISBN13: 9780981636801
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Lifetime Media
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Tennis Icon

Loved this bio about Billie Jean King. I'm an avid tennis fan & club player, so information about those who were instrumental in forming the game is exciting for me to learn about. Billie Jean is more than a acclaimed tennis great. She is a role model treating others with fairness & teaching others that games are instruments for teaching us lessons about real life.

A GREAT READ

I'VE BEEN A BJK FAN FOR OVER 45 YEARS...I WATCHED HER GROW FROM A GIDDY TEENAGER INTO THE WONDERFUL WOMEN SHE IS NOW.. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HER 4 YEARS AGO...SHE IS WHAT SHE BELIEVES.. SHE GIVES HER FANS HER FULL ATTENTION AND SINCERELY ENJOYED MEETING US AND EVEN GAVE US FOREHAND LESSONS..RIGHT THEN AND THERE.. THIS BOOK IS JUST LIKE HAVING A PERSONAL CONVERSATION WITH HER.. IT'S ALSO A LOVING TRIBUTE TO HER PARENTS WHO INSTILLED IN HER SUCH WONDERFUL LIFE VALUES... IT'S A GREAT READ FOR ANYONE...IT TRULY PUTS LIFE INTO PERSPECTIVE.

Billie is the Best!

I had the privilege of meeting Ms. King this summer. She is truly wonderful and an inspiration to everyone--women and men. This book contains a lot of good stories about Billie's career along with good, common-sense advice. It's a great read and would make a great gift.

thank you BJK

you already know these items in your heart, Billie just says it in a way you understand. thanks for being the role model to so many of us. after reading this book, just "play it forward" and dream your dreams....