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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.

Billie Jean King

When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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Country Some The Audience Transmit
When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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Children Sports Technology
I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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Adults Children Pathetic Playing Tennis
The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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Gone Important Responsibility
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
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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Girl Infancy Sports
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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Business Game Team Tennis World
When 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.
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Children Fun Team
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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Perfect Sports Tennis
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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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week
There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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Girl Minister Sports Team Women President
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking
Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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Everything Numbers Second Success Way
Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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Character Important Thinking
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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Boys Opportunity Sports

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