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 KINGWhen I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first 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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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 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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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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