I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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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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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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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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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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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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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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