When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
BILLIE JEAN KINGSome people do have softer boundaries.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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