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Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

Billie Jean King

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Competition Sports World
Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
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Boys Opportunity Sports
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Asking Dancing Singing Stop
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Badass Boxing Women
When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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Athlete Men Point Reach Sports Time
You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Calendar Deal Players Things
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Inspirational Running Sports
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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Mean Ready Therapists
Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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Girl Hardest Hints Tennis
You can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
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Becoming Correction Much Person

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

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Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

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