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Billie Jean King: Hi, everyone!

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(Applause)

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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

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the fate of the world's women

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was on every stroke you took on that.

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Were you feeling that?

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BJK: First of all, Bobby Riggs --

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he was the former number one player,
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, it's because I respected him.

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(Laughter)

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It's true, my mom and dad, always said:
"Respect your opponent,

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and never underestimate them, ever."

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And he was 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
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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
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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, there is no question.

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But every generation
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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
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any federal funds given to
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either public or private,

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had to finally give equal monies
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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 to 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,
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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 you're in your 50s, 60s
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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 times, the men are the ones
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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,

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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 --
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, there are generations
who have also experienced teamwork.

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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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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.

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So I was daydreaming
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and I started thinking about my sport
and how tiny it was, but also

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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

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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.

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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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I sure wanted it --

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but 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,
where did they have to go?

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It was just ... you have to --

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And also learn to stick up for yourself,

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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,

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you look at these speakers,
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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Every 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 Jean 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

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and be their authentic selves.

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Because most of us have two jobs.

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One, to fit in --
I'll give you a perfect example --

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an African American woman
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straightens her hair in the bathroom,

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goes to the bathroom probably
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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 --

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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 they saw
he was well educated.

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And then you see a gay guy
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which means American football
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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 was 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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A little uncomfortable,
a little surge in my gut,

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feeling not totally
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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, just 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 that 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
is this millennial generation,

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who have benefited from all these
equal opportunities --

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which may not be equal
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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
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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,
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and we're continuing in the workplace.

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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
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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 --
they're problem solvers --

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and of course, you've got
the information at your fingertips

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compared to when I was growing up.

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PM: What did the research show
you about millennials?

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Are they going to make a difference?

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Are they going to create a world where
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BJK: Well, in 2025, 75 percent
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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
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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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PM: But what you found out
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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 --
OK, I've been doing my little mini survey.

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

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"What do you think about the millennials?
I'm pretty excited!"

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Like, it's good.

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And they get this face --

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(Laughter)

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

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(Laughter)

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

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and all these things."

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And they go, "Oh, Billie,

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they cannot focus."

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(Laughter)

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They actually have proven that the average
focus for an 18 year old is 37 seconds.

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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 -- she goes,

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"Oh, by the way, I'm going to be late
because I'm at the hairdresser's."

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(Laughter)

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So she arrives, and this boss says,

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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, "OK".

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"No problem!"

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I know, but that's what
scares the boomers --

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I'm just telling you --
so I think it's good for us to share.

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(Laughter)

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No, it is good for us to share

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because we're our authentic self
and what we're really feeling

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and we've got to take it
both ways, you know?

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But I have great faith because --

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

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every generation gets better.

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It's a fact.

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With the Women's Sports Foundation
being the advocates for Title IX still,

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because we're trying to keep protecting
the law because it's always --

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it's in a tenuous position always --

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so we really are concerned,

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and we do a lot of research.

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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 --

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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 still have to get
the hearts and minds --

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the hearts and minds
to match the legislation is huge.

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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 was
a Major League Baseball player.

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My poor parents did not care
if we were any good,

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And we just, we drove them crazy
because we pushed,

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we pushed because
we wanted to be the best.

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And, I really --

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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
these different women,

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to listen to different people,

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to listen to President Carter.

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He's 90 years old, by the way,

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and he we was throwing these figures
out that I would never --

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I'd have to go,

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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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PM: He's an amazing man.

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(Applause)

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BJK: And then you're going to have
President Mary Robinson,

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who's a former president --

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

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(Applause)

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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 with
a beating heart, who cares

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and wants to live their authentic life.

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OK? 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 -- plus the people here --

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every single person's an influencer.

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Never, ever forget that. OK?

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So don't ever give up on yourself.

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

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BJK: Thanks, Pat!

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(Applause)

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Thanks, TED!

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(Applause)

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Thanks a lot!