Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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