Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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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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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Champions take responsibility.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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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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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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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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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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