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Billy Jean King: Hi Everyone!

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Thanks, Pat.

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Thank you!

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Getting me all wound up, now!

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(Laughter)

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Pat Mitchell: Good!

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You know, when I was watching the video
again of the match --

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you must have felt like the fate
of the world's women

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was on every stroke 
you took in that.

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Were you feeling that?

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BJK: First of all, Bobby Riggs,
he was a former number one player --

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he wasn't just some hacker, by the way --

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he was one of my heroes and I admired him,

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and that's the reason 
I beat him, actually,

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it' because I respected him.

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(Laughter)

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It's true!

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My Mom and Dad, especially 
my Dad, always said,

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"Respect your opponent
and never underestimate them--ever,"

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and he's correct--
he was absolutely correct.

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But I knew it was about social change,

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and I was really nervous about
whenever we announced it,

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and I felt like the whole world
was on my shoulders,

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and I thought, "If I lose it's going
to put women back 50 years at least."

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Title IX had just been passed
the year before, June 23, 1972,

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and women's professional tennis,

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there were nine of us who signed
a one dollar contract in 1970 --

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now remember the match is in '73 --

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so we were only in our third year
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where we could actually play, have a place
to compete, and make a living.

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So there were nine of us that signed
that one dollar contract,

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and our dream was for any girl,
born any place in the world --

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if she was good enough --

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there would be a place for her to compete
and for us to make a living.

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Because before 1968, 
we made 14 dollars a day,

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and we were under 
the control of organizations,

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so we really wanted 
to break away from that.

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But we knew it wasn't really about 
our generation so much,

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we knew it was about 
the future generations.

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We do stand on the shoulders
of the people that came before us --

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there is no question --

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but every generation 
has the chance to make it better.

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That was really on my mind,

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I really wanted to start matching the
hearts and minds to Title IX --

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Title IX, in case anybody doesn't know,

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which a lot of people don't
probably know, but --

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any federal funds given given to
a high school, college or university,

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either public or private,

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had to finally give equal monies
to boys and girls.

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And that changed everything.

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(Applause)

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So you can have a law,

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but it's changing the hearts
and minds that match up with it.

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That's when it really rocks, totally.

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So that was on my mind,

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I wanted to start that change
in the hearts and minds.

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But two things came out of that match.

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For women: self-confidence,
empowerment,

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they actually had enough nerve
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some women have waited 10, 
15 years to ask,

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I said, "more importantly,
did you get it?"

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(Laughter)

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And they did!

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And for the men --

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a lot of the men today don't realize it

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but if your in your 50's, 60's
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you're the first generation of men
of the Women's Movement --

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whether you like it or not!

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(Laughter)

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(Applause)

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And for the men --

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what happened for the men,
they'd come up to me --

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and most of the time, the men actually
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it's very interesting --

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they go, "Billie, I was very young
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and now I have a daughter and I'm so happy
I saw that as a young man."

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And one of those young men, 
at 12 years old, was President Obama,

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and he actually told me that
when I met him, he said:

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"You don't realize it,
but I saw that match at 12,

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and now I have two daughters and it has
made a difference in how I raise them."

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So both men and women got a lot
out of it but, different things.

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PM: And now there are generations --

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at least one or two --

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who have experienced the equality

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that Title IX and other fights
along the way made possible.

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And for women, they are generations
who have also experienced team work;

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they got to play team sports
in a way they hadn't before.

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So you had a legacy already built
in terms of being an athlete,

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a legacy of the work you did to lobby
for equal pay for women athletes,

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and the Women's Sports Foundation,

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what now are you looking to accomplish

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with The Billie Jean King 
Leadership Initiative?

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BJK: I think it goes back 
to an epiphany I had at 12.

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At 11 I wanted to be the number one
tennis player in the world,

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and a friend had asked me to play
and I said, "What's that?" --

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tennis was not in my family,
basketball was, other sports --

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fast forward to 12 years old,

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(Laughter)

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and I'm finally starting to play
in tournaments where you get a ranking --

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you know, at the end of the year
you get something --

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so I was day-dreaming
at the Los Angeles Tennis Club,

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I started thinking about my sport
and how tiny it was,

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but also that everybody who played
wore white shoes, white clothes,

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played with white balls -- 
everybody who played was white,

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and I said to myself at 12 years old,
"Where is everyone else?"

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And that just kept sticking in my brain.

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And that moment I promised myself I'd
fight for equal rights and opportunities

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for boys and girls, men and women,
the rest of my life,

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and that tennis, if I was fortunate
enough to become number one --

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and I knew being a girl it would be
harder to have influence,

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already at that age --

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that I had this platform
and tennis is global,

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and I thought, "You know what?

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I've been given an opportunity
that very few people have had."

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Now, I didn't know if I was going 
to make it, this was only 12,

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but I sure wanted it --

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making it's a whole other discussion --

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I just remember I promised myself
and I really try to keep my word.

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That's who I truly am,
just fighting for people.

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And unfortunately, 
women have had less,

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and we are considered less,

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and so my attentions were
where they had to go,

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I was just...you have to --

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And also learn to stick up for yourself,
hear your own voice --

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you hear the same words keep
coming out all the time,

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and I got really lucky because
I really had an education,

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and I think if you can 
see it you can be it,

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you know, if you can see it
you can be it,

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you look at Pat, you look at other
leaders, you look at these speakers --

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look at yourself --

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because everyone --

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everyone --

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can do something extraordinary.

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Vvery single person.

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PM: And your story, Billie, 
has inspired so many women everywhere.

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Now with the Billie King
Leadership Initiative,

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you're taking on an even bigger cause.

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Because one thing we hear a lot about
is women taking their voice,

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working to find their way into
leadership positions,

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but what you're talking about
is even bigger than that.

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It's inclusive leadership.

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And this is a generation that has grown up
thinking more inclusively --

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BJK: Isn't it great? 
Look at the technology!

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It's amazing how it connects us all!
It's about connection!

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It's simply amazing 
what's possible because of it.

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But the BIllie Jean King
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is really about the workforce mostly,
and trying to change it

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so people can actually go to work
and be their authentic selves.

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Because most of us have two jobs:

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One, to fit in --

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I'll give you a perfect example --

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an African American woman
gets up an hour earlier to go to work,

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straightens her hair in the bathroom,

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goes to the bathroom probably
four, five or six times a day

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to keep straightening her hair,
to keep making sure she fits in.

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So she's working two jobs,

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she's got this other job,
whatever that may be,

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but she's also trying to fit in.

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Or this poor man who kept his diploma,
he went to University of Michigan,

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but he never would talk about his poverty
as a youngster, ever --

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just would not mention it.

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So he made sure that they saw 
he was well educated.

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And then you see a gay guy
who has an NFL--

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which means American Football
for all of you out there,

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it's a big deal, it's very macho --

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and he talked about football all the time

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because he's gay 
and he didn't want anybody to know.

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So it just goes on and on.

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So my wish for everyone is to be able
to be their authentic selves 24/7,

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that would be the ultimate.

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And we catch ourselves, I mean,
I catch myself to this day,

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even being gay I catch myself.

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You know, like,

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[Gasp]

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a little uncomfortable,
a little surge in my gut,

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feeling not totally comfortable
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So I think you have to ask yourself --

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I want people to be themselves,
whatever that is, let it be.

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PM: And the first research that the
Leadership Initiative did showed that,

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these examples the you just used,

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that many of us have the problem
of being authentic.

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But what you've just looked at
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who've benefitted from all these
equal opportunities --

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which may not be equal
but exists everywhere --

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BJK: First of all I'm really lucky.

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Partnership with Teneo, 
a strategic company that's amazing,

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that's really the reason 
I'm able to do this.

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I've had two times in my life

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where I've actually had men
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and that was with the old days with
Philip Morris with Virginia Slims,

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and this is the second time
in my entire life.

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And then Deloitte --

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the one thing I wanted was data, facts --

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so Deloitte sent out a survey,

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and we're around over 4,000 now, 
people who have answered,

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and we're continuing in the work place.

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And what they feel, 
what the millennials feel?

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Well, they feel a lot,
but what they're so fantastic about is--

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you know, our generation was like,
"Oh we're going to get representation,"

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so if you walk into a room you see
everybody represented --

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that's not good enough anymore,
which is so good!

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So the millennials are fantastic,

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they want connection, engagement,

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they just want you to tell us what 
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and get into the solution --

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they're problem solvers --

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and of course, you've got 
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compared to when I was growing up.

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PM: What did the research show you
about these millennials?

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Are they going to make a difference? 


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Are they going to create a world where 
there is really an inclusive work force?

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BJK: Well, in 2025, 75% of the global 
workforce is going to be millennials.

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So I think they are going 
to help solve problems.

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I think they have
the wherewithal to do it,

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I know they care a lot,

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they have big ideas 
and they can make big things happen.

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I want to stay in the now
with the young people,

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I don't want to get behind.

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(Laughter)

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PM: I don't think there's any chance!

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BJK: No, no...

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PM: But what we found out
in the research about millennials

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is not really the experience that a lot
of people have with millennials.

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BJK: No, well, if we want to talk --


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Okay, I've been doing
my little mini survey --

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I've been talking to the Boomers,
who are their bosses,

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and I go, "What do you think 
about the millennials?

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I'm pretty excited,
I think it's good!"

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and they go,
they get this face --

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(Laughter)

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"Oh, you mean the 'Me Generation'?"

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And I say, "Do you really think so?
I do think they care about the environment

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and all these things,"
and they go,

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"Oh, Billie, they cannot focus."

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(Laughter)

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They actually have proven that the average
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They can't focus.

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And they don't really care.

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I just heard a story the other night:

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she owns a gallery 
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she gets a text from one of the workers --

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she's like an intern, 
she's just starting --

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she goes, "Oh by the way I'm going to
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So she arrives,
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"What's going on?"

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and she says, "Oh, I was late, 
sorry, how's it going?"

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She says, "Well, guess what?
I'd like you leave, you're finished."

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She goes, "Okay".

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No problem!

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But that's what scares the boomers --

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I'm just telling you --

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so I think it's good for us to share.

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because we're our authentic self
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and we've got to take it 
both ways, you know?

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if you've been in sports like I have --


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every generation gets better, it's a fact.


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With the Women's Sports Foundation
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because we're trying to keep protecting
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it's in a tenuous position always --

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and we do a lot of research,
that's very important to us.

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And I want to hear from people.

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But we really have to protect what
Title IX stands for worldwide.

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And you heard President Carter
talk about how Title IX is protected?

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And do you know that every single lawsuit

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that girls, at least in sports, 
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whatever...institutions or, whatever --

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has won?

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Title IX is there to protect us.

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And it is amazing,

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but we we still have to get
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the hearts and minds
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PM: So what gets you up every morning?


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What keeps you sustaining your work,


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sustaining the fight 
for equality, extending it,

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always exploring new areas,
trying to find new ways...?

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BJK: Well, I always drove my parents crazy
because I was always the curious one.

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I'm highly motivated,

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my younger brother
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my poor parents did not care
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(Laughter)

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and we just, we drove them crazy
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we pushed because 
we wanted to be the best.

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I think it's because of what I'm hearing
today at TED Talks,

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I think, to listen to 
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to listen to these different people,

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to listen to President Carter --

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90 years old, by the way,

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and we was throwing these figures
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"Excuse me, wait a minute, I need
to get a list out of these figures." --

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he was rattling off, I mean, 
that's amazing, I'm sorry --

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And then you're going to have
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who's a former president --

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Thank you, Irish! 62%! 
LGBTQ! Yes!

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Congress is voting in June
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so these are things that for some
people are very hard to hear.

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But always remember,
every one of us is an individual,

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a human being
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who cares and wants to live
their authentic life.

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Okay?

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You don't have to agree with somebody,
but everyone has the opportunity.

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I think we all have an obligation


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to continue to keep moving
the needle forward, always.

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And these people have been so inspiring.

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Everyone matters.

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And every one of you is an influencer,

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you out there listening,
out there in the world --

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plus the people here --

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every single person's an influencer.

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Never, ever forget that, okay?

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So don't ever give up on yourself.

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I'm ready.

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PM: Billie, you have been 
an inspiration for us.

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BJK: Thanks, Pat.

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Thanks, TED!

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(Applause)

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Thanks a lot!