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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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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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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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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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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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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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