When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
BILLIE JEAN KINGThe 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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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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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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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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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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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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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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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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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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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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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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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