I'm Jonathan K. Part and welcome to K. Part.

I don't know much about sports, but I do know tennis, especially the tennis played by

the greats of my childhood, and my guest today was one of the sports greatest.

She won 39 Grand Slam titles, 20 career wins at Wimbledon.

She is the author of All In and Autobiography.

She is Billie Jean King.

And this is her second autobiography.

In this conversation, first recorded on August 18th for Washington Post Live, Billie

Jean King discusses why she sought to tell her story again.

In particular, the 77-year-old sports legend talks about why she didn't fully come out

to her parents until she was 51.

I certainly tried Jonathan many times, and it's just that I could just tell my mother

particularly just could not go there, and I thought, you know what, I just kept waiting.

Billie Jean King gives her thoughts on a new generation of athletes, Naomi Asaka, Simone

Biles, Jason Collins, and you'll never guess which classic song Elton John wrote in

Billie Jean King's honor.

Your book is nearly 500 pages and covers so many elements of your life, but this isn't

your first autobiography.

You published one in the early 1980s.

Why did you decide to take another crack at telling your story?

Why now?

Because this one I spent day and night on for over four years, and I did not help Frank

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