Billie Jean King Short Quotes

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

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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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Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population—and usually as homosexuals.

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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.

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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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Each point I play is the now moment: the last point means nothing; the next point means nothing.

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Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.

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People say, "Do you know how much a million dollars is?" I don't have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?

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Today, you just walk on the court, throw up the ball, roll over your arm, and make $100,000. I killed myself for $100,000.

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Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.

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Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.

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Strength, spirit and vitality — what the heck is life all about if you don't have those things to give you the energy to live it?

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I have often been asked whether I am a woman or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a woman.

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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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You've got to win in sports — that's talent — but you've also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.

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Recreation means to 'recreate' — it's spiritual. Think about the actual word. It's fascinating what a beautiful word it is when you look it up in the dictionary.

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It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... any female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

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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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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.

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To me, tennis was my self-expression. As you get older, it's more and more important to try to stay active. It keeps your body strong; it helps you fend off disease. It keeps you vital.

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