WEBVTT 00:00:01.716 --> 00:00:04.006 Billy Jean King: Hi Everyone! 00:00:04.006 --> 00:00:06.570 (Applause) 00:00:06.570 --> 00:00:07.592 Thanks, Pat. 00:00:07.592 --> 00:00:09.132 Thank you! 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:13.791 Getting me all wound up, now! 00:00:13.791 --> 00:00:14.787 (Laughter) 00:00:14.787 --> 00:00:16.113 Pat Mitchell: Good! 00:00:16.931 --> 00:00:20.637 You know, when I was watching the video again of the match, 00:00:21.047 --> 00:00:24.994 you must have felt like the fate of the world's women 00:00:25.372 --> 00:00:27.880 was on every stroke you took in that. 00:00:28.513 --> 00:00:30.298 Were you feeling that? 00:00:30.875 --> 00:00:32.465 BJK: First of all, Bobby Riggs -- 00:00:32.465 --> 00:00:36.178 he was the former number one player, he wasn't just some hacker, by the way -- 00:00:36.178 --> 00:00:39.025 he was one of my heroes and I admired him, 00:00:39.803 --> 00:00:41.859 and that's the reason I beat him, actually, 00:00:41.859 --> 00:00:43.302 it' because I respected him. 00:00:43.302 --> 00:00:44.311 (Laughter) 00:00:44.311 --> 00:00:47.067 It's true, my Mom and Dad, especially my dad, always said: 00:00:47.067 --> 00:00:50.186 "Respect your opponent and never underestimate them, ever." 00:00:50.186 --> 00:00:52.806 and he was correct-- he was absolutely correct. 00:00:53.157 --> 00:00:55.557 But I knew it was about social change, 00:00:57.231 --> 00:01:00.491 and I was really nervous about whenever we announced it, 00:01:00.645 --> 00:01:03.502 and I felt like the whole world was on my shoulders, 00:01:03.502 --> 00:01:08.708 and I thought, "If I lose it's going to put women back 50 years at least." 00:01:09.189 --> 00:01:13.090 Title IX had just been passed the year before, June 23, 1972, 00:01:14.181 --> 00:01:16.120 and women's professional tennis -- 00:01:16.759 --> 00:01:19.870 there were nine of us who signed a one dollar contract in 1970 -- 00:01:20.149 --> 00:01:22.540 now remember the match is in '73, 00:01:22.860 --> 00:01:25.860 so we were only in our third year of having a tour 00:01:25.860 --> 00:01:29.633 where we could actually play, have a place to compete, and make a living. 00:01:30.063 --> 00:01:33.137 So there were nine of us that signed that one dollar contract, 00:01:33.151 --> 00:01:37.449 and our dream was for any girl, born any place in the world -- 00:01:37.935 --> 00:01:40.001 if she was good enough -- 00:01:40.001 --> 00:01:43.883 there would be a place for her to compete and for us to make a living. 00:01:43.883 --> 00:01:47.642 Because before 1968, we made 14 dollars a day, 00:01:47.642 --> 00:01:50.115 and we were under the control of organizations, 00:01:50.115 --> 00:01:52.268 so we really wanted to break away from that. 00:01:52.268 --> 00:01:55.025 But we knew it wasn't really about our generation so much, 00:01:55.025 --> 00:01:57.125 we knew it was about the future generations. 00:01:57.125 --> 00:02:00.082 We do stand on the shoulders of the people that came before us, 00:02:00.082 --> 00:02:01.427 there is no question, 00:02:01.427 --> 00:02:04.522 but every generation has the chance to make it better. 00:02:04.522 --> 00:02:06.981 That was really on my mind, 00:02:06.981 --> 00:02:10.350 I really wanted to start matching the hearts and minds to Title IX. 00:02:10.350 --> 00:02:12.485 Title IX, in case anybody doesn't know -- 00:02:12.485 --> 00:02:14.773 which a lot of people don't probably know, but -- 00:02:14.773 --> 00:02:18.619 any federal funds given given to a high school, college or university, 00:02:18.619 --> 00:02:20.757 either public or private, 00:02:20.757 --> 00:02:25.462 had to finally give equal monies to boys and girls. 00:02:25.882 --> 00:02:27.382 And that changed everything. 00:02:27.391 --> 00:02:29.781 (Applause) 00:02:29.781 --> 00:02:32.056 So you can have a law, 00:02:32.056 --> 00:02:35.015 but it's changing the hearts and minds to match up with it. 00:02:35.015 --> 00:02:37.584 That's when it really rocks, totally. 00:02:37.955 --> 00:02:39.206 So that was on my mind, 00:02:39.206 --> 00:02:41.740 I wanted to start that change in the hearts and minds. 00:02:42.228 --> 00:02:45.343 But two things came out of that match. 00:02:45.343 --> 00:02:48.315 For women: self-confidence, empowerment, 00:02:48.464 --> 00:02:50.892 they actually had enough nerve to ask for a raise. 00:02:51.612 --> 00:02:55.235 Some women have waited 10, 15 years to ask, 00:02:55.838 --> 00:02:57.855 I said, "more importantly, did you get it?" 00:02:57.855 --> 00:02:58.860 (Laughter) 00:02:58.860 --> 00:02:59.719 And they did! 00:03:00.015 --> 00:03:02.012 And for the men, 00:03:02.897 --> 00:03:05.270 a lot of the men today don't realize it, 00:03:05.270 --> 00:03:09.886 but if your in your 50's, 60's or whatever, late 40's, 00:03:10.536 --> 00:03:13.584 you're the first generation of men of the Women's Movement -- 00:03:14.111 --> 00:03:15.516 whether you like it or not! 00:03:15.516 --> 00:03:18.550 (Laughter) 00:03:18.550 --> 00:03:19.583 (Applause) 00:03:19.583 --> 00:03:20.734 And for the men -- 00:03:20.734 --> 00:03:23.081 what happened for the men, they'd come up to me -- 00:03:23.461 --> 00:03:26.855 and most of the time, the men are the ones who have tears in their eyes, 00:03:26.855 --> 00:03:28.086 it's very interesting -- 00:03:28.086 --> 00:03:31.062 they go, "Billie, I was very young when I saw that match, 00:03:31.874 --> 00:03:33.620 and now I have a daughter, 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:38.280 and I'm so happy I saw that as a young man. 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.137 And one of those young men, at 12 years old, was President Obama, 00:03:43.001 --> 00:03:46.059 and he actually told me that when I met him, he said: 00:03:46.059 --> 00:03:49.110 "You don't realize it, but I saw that match at 12, 00:03:49.110 --> 00:03:52.817 and now I have two daughters and it has made a difference in how I raise them." 00:03:53.525 --> 00:03:57.704 So both men and women got a lot out of it but, different things. 00:03:58.483 --> 00:04:00.199 PM: And now there are generations -- 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:01.911 at least one or two -- 00:04:01.911 --> 00:04:03.637 who have experienced the equality 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:08.990 that Title IX and other fights along the way made possible. 00:04:09.187 --> 00:04:13.251 And for women, there are generations who have also experienced team work, 00:04:14.016 --> 00:04:17.736 they got to play team sports in a way they hadn't before. 00:04:18.312 --> 00:04:22.956 So you had a legacy already built in terms of being an athlete, 00:04:23.350 --> 00:04:28.722 a legacy of the work you did to lobby for equal pay for women athletes, 00:04:28.722 --> 00:04:30.804 and the Women's Sports Foundation. 00:04:31.407 --> 00:04:34.401 What now are you looking to accomplish 00:04:34.403 --> 00:04:37.050 with The Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative? 00:04:37.630 --> 00:04:40.528 BJK: I think it goes back to an epiphany I had at 12. 00:04:40.528 --> 00:04:43.500 At 11 I wanted to be the number one tennis player in the world, 00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:46.568 and a friend had asked me to play and I said, "What's that?", 00:04:47.032 --> 00:04:50.597 tennis was not in my family, basketball was, other sports. 00:04:50.597 --> 00:04:52.653 Fast forward to 12 years old, 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:54.144 (Laughter) 00:04:54.144 --> 00:04:57.615 and I'm finally starting to play in tournaments where you get a ranking -- 00:04:57.615 --> 00:05:00.089 you know, at the end of the year you get something -- 00:05:00.089 --> 00:05:03.519 so I was day-dreaming at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.143 I started thinking about my sport and how tiny it was, 00:05:06.584 --> 00:05:11.251 but also that everybody who played wore white shoes, white clothes, 00:05:11.483 --> 00:05:14.509 played with white balls -- everybody who played was white, 00:05:15.082 --> 00:05:19.842 and I said to myself at 12 years old, "Where is everyone else?" 00:05:22.466 --> 00:05:25.229 And that just kept sticking in my brain. 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:27.540 And that moment I promised myself 00:05:27.540 --> 00:05:29.588 I'd fight for equal rights and opportunities 00:05:29.588 --> 00:05:32.961 for boys and girls, men and women, the rest of my life, 00:05:33.216 --> 00:05:37.628 and that tennis, if I was fortunate enough to become number one -- 00:05:37.628 --> 00:05:40.484 and I knew being a girl it would be harder to have influence, 00:05:40.834 --> 00:05:42.506 already at that age -- 00:05:42.838 --> 00:05:48.445 that I had this platform and tennis is global, 00:05:49.515 --> 00:05:51.841 and I thought, "You know what? 00:05:52.292 --> 00:05:55.203 I've been given an opportunity that very few people have had." 00:05:55.203 --> 00:05:58.345 Now, I didn't know if I was going to make it, this was only 12, 00:05:58.345 --> 00:05:59.454 I sure wanted it -- 00:05:59.454 --> 00:06:01.539 but making it's a whole other discussion -- 00:06:01.539 --> 00:06:05.530 I just remember I promised myself and I really try to keep my word. 00:06:06.443 --> 00:06:10.088 That's who I truly am, just fighting for people. 00:06:10.878 --> 00:06:14.082 And unfortunately, women have had less, 00:06:15.359 --> 00:06:17.077 and we are considered less, 00:06:17.471 --> 00:06:20.038 and so my attentions were where they had to go, 00:06:20.038 --> 00:06:21.825 I was just...you have to -- 00:06:21.825 --> 00:06:24.105 And also learn to stick up for yourself, 00:06:24.105 --> 00:06:25.796 hear your own voice -- 00:06:25.796 --> 00:06:28.873 you hear the same words keep coming out all the time, 00:06:29.023 --> 00:06:32.171 and I got really lucky because I really had an education, 00:06:32.321 --> 00:06:35.053 and I think if you can see it you can be it, you know-- 00:06:35.053 --> 00:06:37.280 if you can see it you can be it. 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:40.756 If you look at Pat, you look at other leaders, you look at these speakers, 00:06:40.756 --> 00:06:41.664 look at yourself, 00:06:41.664 --> 00:06:42.965 because everyone -- 00:06:42.965 --> 00:06:44.240 everyone -- 00:06:44.541 --> 00:06:46.491 can do something extraordinary. 00:06:46.491 --> 00:06:48.001 Every single person. 00:06:48.094 --> 00:06:51.578 PM: And your story, Billie, has inspired so many women everywhere. 00:06:52.463 --> 00:06:55.264 Now with the Billie King Leadership Initiative, 00:06:55.264 --> 00:06:57.528 you're taking on an even bigger cause. 00:06:57.528 --> 00:07:01.391 Because one thing we hear a lot about is women taking their voice, 00:07:01.391 --> 00:07:04.944 working to find their way into leadership positions, 00:07:04.944 --> 00:07:07.908 but what you're talking about is even bigger than that. 00:07:07.908 --> 00:07:09.790 It's inclusive leadership. 00:07:10.651 --> 00:07:14.097 And this is a generation that has grown up thinking more inclusively -- 00:07:14.097 --> 00:07:16.200 BJK: Isn't it great? Look at the technology! 00:07:16.201 --> 00:07:20.101 It's amazing how it connects us all! It's about connection! 00:07:20.659 --> 00:07:23.700 It's simply amazing what's possible because of it. 00:07:24.397 --> 00:07:26.543 But the BIllie Jean King Leadership Initiative 00:07:26.543 --> 00:07:29.882 is really about the workforce mostly, and trying to change it 00:07:29.882 --> 00:07:34.183 so people can actually go to work and be their authentic selves. 00:07:34.183 --> 00:07:36.041 Because most of us have two jobs: 00:07:37.167 --> 00:07:38.421 One, to fit in -- 00:07:38.421 --> 00:07:40.271 I'll give you a perfect example -- 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:43.281 an African American woman gets up an hour earlier to go to work, 00:07:43.281 --> 00:07:45.044 straightens her hair in the bathroom, 00:07:45.044 --> 00:07:48.126 goes to the bathroom probably four, five or six times a day 00:07:48.126 --> 00:07:51.127 to keep straightening her hair, to keep making sure she fits in. 00:07:51.493 --> 00:07:52.770 So she's working two jobs, 00:07:52.770 --> 00:07:55.084 she's got this other job, whatever that may be, 00:07:55.084 --> 00:07:56.895 but she's also trying to fit in. 00:07:57.321 --> 00:08:00.993 Or this poor man who kept his diploma -- 00:08:00.993 --> 00:08:03.103 he went to University of Michigan -- 00:08:03.103 --> 00:08:06.119 but he never would talk about his poverty as a youngster, ever, 00:08:06.353 --> 00:08:07.994 just would not mention it. 00:08:08.002 --> 00:08:10.579 So he made sure they saw he was well educated. 00:08:10.579 --> 00:08:12.962 And then you see a gay guy who has an NFL, 00:08:12.962 --> 00:08:15.556 which means American Football for all of you out there, 00:08:15.746 --> 00:08:17.627 it's a big deal, it's very macho -- 00:08:17.630 --> 00:08:19.635 and he talked about football all the time 00:08:19.635 --> 00:08:20.635 because he's gay, 00:08:20.635 --> 00:08:22.333 and he didn't want anybody to know. 00:08:22.333 --> 00:08:24.743 So it just goes on and on. 00:08:25.077 --> 00:08:31.271 So my wish for everyone is to be able to be their authentic selves 24/7, 00:08:31.271 --> 00:08:32.840 that would be the ultimate. 00:08:33.195 --> 00:08:36.021 And we catch ourselves, I mean, I catch myself to this day, 00:08:36.300 --> 00:08:38.046 even being gay I catch myself. 00:08:38.156 --> 00:08:39.145 You know, like, 00:08:39.145 --> 00:08:40.146 (Gasp) 00:08:40.984 --> 00:08:43.914 a little uncomfortable, a little surge in my gut, 00:08:43.914 --> 00:08:46.476 feeling not totally comfortable in my own skin. 00:08:48.775 --> 00:08:50.609 So I think you have to ask yourself -- 00:08:51.213 --> 00:08:54.398 I want people to be themselves, whatever that is, just let it be. 00:08:54.626 --> 00:08:58.186 PM: And the first research that the Leadership Initiative did showed that, 00:08:58.186 --> 00:09:01.003 these examples the you just used, 00:09:01.476 --> 00:09:05.725 that many of us have the problem of being authentic. 00:09:06.212 --> 00:09:09.927 But what you've just looked at is this millennial generation, 00:09:10.461 --> 00:09:13.735 who've benefitted from all these equal opportunities -- 00:09:14.107 --> 00:09:16.382 which may not be equal but exists everywhere -- 00:09:16.382 --> 00:09:18.061 BJK: First of all I'm really lucky. 00:09:18.061 --> 00:09:21.765 Partnership with Teneo, a strategic company that's amazing, 00:09:22.396 --> 00:09:24.584 that's really the reason I'm able to do this. 00:09:24.593 --> 00:09:26.134 I've had two times in my life 00:09:26.134 --> 00:09:28.779 where I've actually had men really behind me with power, 00:09:28.779 --> 00:09:32.063 and that was with the old days with Philip Morris with Virginia Slims, 00:09:32.063 --> 00:09:34.519 and this is the second time in my entire life. 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:36.049 And then Deloitte -- 00:09:37.465 --> 00:09:40.251 the one thing I wanted was data, facts -- 00:09:40.809 --> 00:09:42.318 so Deloitte sent out a survey, 00:09:42.596 --> 00:09:46.335 and we're around over 4,000 now, people who have answered, 00:09:46.497 --> 00:09:48.657 and we're continuing in the work place. 00:09:49.237 --> 00:09:51.761 And what they feel, what the millennials feel? 00:09:52.325 --> 00:09:55.338 Well, they feel a lot, but what they're so fantastic about is-- 00:09:55.344 --> 00:09:58.978 you know, our generation was like, "Oh we're going to get representation," 00:09:58.978 --> 00:10:01.740 so if you walk into a room you see everybody represented -- 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:04.190 that's not good enough anymore, which is so good! 00:10:04.747 --> 00:10:06.742 So the millennials are fantastic, 00:10:06.744 --> 00:10:08.648 they want connection, engagement, 00:10:08.648 --> 00:10:12.200 they just want you to tell us what you're feeling, what you're thinking, 00:10:12.201 --> 00:10:13.691 and get into the solution -- 00:10:13.691 --> 00:10:14.981 they're problem solvers -- 00:10:14.987 --> 00:10:17.847 and of course, you've got the information at your fingertips 00:10:17.847 --> 00:10:20.362 compared to when I was growing up. 00:10:20.362 --> 00:10:23.128 PM: What did the research show you about these millennials? 00:10:23.128 --> 00:10:24.842 Are they going to make a difference? 00:10:24.842 --> 00:10:28.825 Are they going to create a world where there is really an inclusive work force? 00:10:29.081 --> 00:10:35.443 BJK: Well, in 2025, 75% of the global workforce is going to be millennials. 00:10:36.251 --> 00:10:38.601 So I think they are going to help solve problems. 00:10:38.601 --> 00:10:40.745 I think they have the wherewithal to do it, 00:10:40.745 --> 00:10:42.519 I know they care a lot, 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:46.606 they have big ideas and they can make big things happen. 00:10:47.228 --> 00:10:49.583 I want to stay in the now with the young people, 00:10:49.583 --> 00:10:51.285 I don't want to get behind. 00:10:53.067 --> 00:10:55.058 (Laughter) 00:10:55.058 --> 00:10:56.967 PM: I don't think there's any chance! 00:10:57.965 --> 00:11:00.728 PM: But what we found out in the research about millennials 00:11:00.984 --> 00:11:05.372 is not really the experience that a lot of people have with millennials. 00:11:05.628 --> 00:11:07.346 BJK: No, well, if we want to talk -- 00:11:07.346 --> 00:11:09.497 Okay, I've been doing my little mini survey -- 00:11:09.497 --> 00:11:12.353 I've been talking to the Boomers, who are their bosses, 00:11:12.727 --> 00:11:15.310 and I go, "What do you think about the millennials? 00:11:15.310 --> 00:11:17.307 I'm pretty excited, like, it's good!" 00:11:18.026 --> 00:11:19.637 and they go, they get this face -- 00:11:19.637 --> 00:11:21.900 (Laughter) 00:11:21.900 --> 00:11:23.950 "Oh, you mean the 'Me Generation'?" 00:11:25.071 --> 00:11:29.239 And I say, "Do you really think so? I do think they care about environment 00:11:29.239 --> 00:11:31.795 and all these things," 00:11:31.795 --> 00:11:35.695 and the go, "Oh, Billie, they cannot focus." 00:11:35.695 --> 00:11:38.086 (Laughter) 00:11:39.109 --> 00:11:44.055 They actually have proven that the average focus for an 18 year old is 37 seconds. 00:11:44.055 --> 00:11:45.309 (Laughter) 00:11:45.309 --> 00:11:46.977 They can't focus. 00:11:46.977 --> 00:11:48.698 And they don't really care. 00:11:48.698 --> 00:11:50.477 I just heard a story the other night: 00:11:50.477 --> 00:11:53.366 she owns a gallery and she has these workers, 00:11:53.714 --> 00:11:55.735 she gets a text from one of the workers -- 00:11:57.075 --> 00:11:59.496 she's like an intern, she's just starting -- 00:11:59.496 --> 00:12:03.294 she goes, "Oh by the way I'm going to be late because I'm at the hairdresser's." 00:12:03.294 --> 00:12:07.808 (Laughter) 00:12:07.808 --> 00:12:10.083 So she arrives, and this boss says, 00:12:11.778 --> 00:12:13.276 "What's going on?" 00:12:13.276 --> 00:12:15.890 and she says, "Oh, I was late, sorry, how's it going?" 00:12:15.890 --> 00:12:19.695 She says, "Well, guess what? I'd like you leave, you're finished." 00:12:19.695 --> 00:12:20.887 She goes, "Okay". 00:12:20.887 --> 00:12:23.673 (Laughter) 00:12:24.410 --> 00:12:25.803 No problem! 00:12:26.081 --> 00:12:29.193 But that's what scares the boomers -- 00:12:29.587 --> 00:12:30.725 I'm just telling you -- 00:12:30.725 --> 00:12:32.529 so I think it's good for us to share. 00:12:32.529 --> 00:12:34.115 (Laughter) 00:12:34.115 --> 00:12:35.557 No, it is good for us to share 00:12:35.557 --> 00:12:38.487 because we're our authentic self and what we're really feeling 00:12:38.487 --> 00:12:40.835 and we've got to take it both ways, you know? 00:12:40.835 --> 00:12:42.479 But I have great faith because -- 00:12:42.479 --> 00:12:45.172 if you've been in sports like I have -- 00:12:45.609 --> 00:12:48.441 every generation gets better, it's a fact. 00:12:48.813 --> 00:12:52.515 With the Women's Sports Foundation being the advocates for Title IX still, 00:12:52.515 --> 00:12:56.249 because we're trying to keep protecting the law because it's always -- 00:12:56.249 --> 00:12:58.414 it's in a tenuous position always -- 00:12:58.414 --> 00:13:00.579 so we really are concerned, 00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:03.270 and we do a lot of research, that's very important to us. 00:13:03.270 --> 00:13:05.124 And I want to hear from people. 00:13:05.739 --> 00:13:10.940 But we really have to protect what Title IX stands for worldwide. 00:13:11.266 --> 00:13:15.491 And you heard President Carter talk about how Title IX is protected? 00:13:16.815 --> 00:13:20.414 And do you know that every single lawsuit 00:13:20.646 --> 00:13:23.897 that girls, at least in sports, have gone up against -- 00:13:24.222 --> 00:13:26.801 whatever...institutions or, whatever -- 00:13:26.801 --> 00:13:27.960 has won? 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:29.747 Title IX is there to protect us. 00:13:30.630 --> 00:13:32.270 And it is amazing, 00:13:32.270 --> 00:13:35.404 but we we still have to get the hearts and minds -- 00:13:35.994 --> 00:13:38.910 the hearts and minds to match the legislation is huge. 00:13:38.910 --> 00:13:41.333 PM: So what gets you up every morning? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What keeps you sustaining your work, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 sustaining the fight for equality, extending it, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 always exploring new areas, trying to find new ways...? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 BJK: Well, I always drove my parents crazy because I was always the curious one. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm highly motivated, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 my younger brother was a Major League Baseball Player, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 my poor parents did not care if we were any good, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we just, we drove them crazy because we pushed, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we pushed because we wanted to be the best. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And, I really -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think it's because of what I'm hearing today at TED Talks, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think, to listen to these different women, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to listen to these different people, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to listen to President Carter -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 90 years old, by the way, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we was throwing these figures out that I would never --I'd have to go, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Excuse me, wait a minute, I need to get a list out of these figures." -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 he was rattling off, I mean, that's amazing, I'm sorry -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And then you're going to have President Mary Robinson, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who's a former president -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thank you, Irish! 62%! LGBTQ! Yes! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Congress is voting in June on same-sex marriage, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so these are things that for some people are very hard to hear. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But always remember, every one of us is an individual, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a human being with a beating heart, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who cares and wants to live their authentic life. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Okay? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You don't have to agree with somebody, but everyone has the opportunity. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think we all have an obligation 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to continue to keep moving the needle forward, always. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And these people have been so inspiring. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Everyone matters. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And every one of you is an influencer, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you out there listening, out there in the world -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 plus the people here -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 every single person's an influencer. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Never, ever forget that, okay? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So don't ever give up on yourself. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm ready. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 PM: Billie, you have been an inspiration for us. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 BJK: Thanks, Pat. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thanks, TED! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thanks a lot!