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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWomen’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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGMen can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen 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 KINGI would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
BILLIE JEAN KINGAny therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
BILLIE JEAN KINGNatural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
BILLIE JEAN KINGReputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
BILLIE JEAN KINGA girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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