If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
BILLIE JEAN KINGEver 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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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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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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I didn’t really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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Champions take responsibility.
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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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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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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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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You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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