Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen 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!
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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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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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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Champions take responsibility.
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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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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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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There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
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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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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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I 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.
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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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