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Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King
American Athlete
Born: Nov 22, 1943
Men People Sports Think Women You
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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life. Billie Jean King
Life Character You Sports Win Rules About Feels Like Know Teaches Play
Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King
Until Get Keep Right Champions Playing
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. Billie Jean King
Celebrate First Important Differences Our Celebrating Just Then Really Tolerating Start Need
No one changes the world who isn't obsessed. Billie Jean King
World Changes No-One Obsessed Who
There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim. Billie Jean King
Life Me Sports Thought Slow Girl Past Too Would Would-Be Scared No Life Tennis League Because Got Golf Little Realized Little League Team Team Sports Swim
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it. Billie Jean King
Woman Father Husband Signing Could Without Male Off Get Credit Card Credit Card Her
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever. Billie Jean King
Losing Victory Forever Fleeting
I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time. Billie Jean King
Time Own Think Everyone Way Out Would Find Never Just Anybody
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity. Billie Jean King
Sports Action Total Atmosphere Perfect Tennis Taking Combination Tranquillity Place Violent
It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to. Billie Jean King
You Yourself People World Meet Throughout Explain Who Fun
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul. Billie Jean King
Good Long Everything Bad Haul Martina Long Haul Through Between Years Very Five Us Now
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. Billie Jean King
Business Sports Woman Women Young Say Take Were Surveys Them Young Woman Successful Fortune
I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it. Billie Jean King
Say Lot
Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready. Billie Jean King
You Will Out Tell Come Ready Were Any Means Therapist
I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks. Billie Jean King
Risks People Entrepreneurial Take Like Who Chance
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me. Billie Jean King
Life Great Me Money Made My Life Back Has-Been Tennis Putting Like Been
I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side. Billie Jean King
Love Business Side Our Promote Tennis Sport Parts Coaching Business Side
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. Billie Jean King
You World Nobody Cares Think Cares Unless Out About Nobody Coming Just Younger Who Players Number
I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour. Billie Jean King
Way Sexuality About Tour Tennis Talked Any Used
I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well. Billie Jean King
World Tennis Tournaments Also Well Always Team Teams
I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it. Billie Jean King
Love Today Personality Would Had Right Player
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that. Billie Jean King
You Respect Partner Private Wants Your
Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open. Billie Jean King
Crazy People Gone Out Martina Rather Open Drives She Because Want Who Her
The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men. Billie Jean King
Women Strong Old Men Men And Women Run Network Exchange True Look Boy How Still Women Are Stock Very Stock Exchange Just Much Many
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. Billie Jean King
Work You Culture Live Earth Circumstances Out Martyrs Put Come Person Depends Where Want Your Unique Each
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 King
Sports Women Girl Beginning Finally States Athletic Scholarships Passage Still Infancy Get Title United United States Started
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