I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou’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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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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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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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