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!
BILLIE JEAN KINGIt’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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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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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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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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