In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
BILLIE JEAN KINGHope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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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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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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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 old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
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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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