No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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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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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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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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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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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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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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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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