American - Athlete | November 22, 1943 -
It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.
Billie Jean King
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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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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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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In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
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They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
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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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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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No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
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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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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
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