Billie Jean King - Women Quotes

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Women need to see other women do well. It empowers them. We in athletics can help be a face of change and be a force. That's the responsibility of all of us.

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Why shouldn't women make good coaches? We were brought up to listen, to nurture, to observe.

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I've been saying since the beginning of the 21st century that this is the century of women. People are finally understanding that until you bring women out of poverty, until you stop discounting them, and treating them like slaves — that's the word they use in the book — humanity can't move forward.

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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!

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Until women are brought out of poverty, humanity can't move forward.

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