Billie Jean King Quotes

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
Billie Jean King

Gay, May, Lesbian

Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King

Sports, Keep, Until

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, Sports, Character

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
Billie Jean King

Winning, Else, Afraid

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Time, Girl, Until

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Billie Jean King

Sports, Perfect, Place

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Billie Jean King

Afraid, Hit, Ball

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King

Care, Game, Hard

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

Women, Sports, Beginning

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Billie Jean King

Important, Champion, Towards

Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King

Sports, Society, Microcosm

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

Women, Business, Sports

I wanted to use sports for social change.
Billie Jean King

Change, Sports, Wanted

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

Husband, Father, Woman

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.
Billie Jean King

Women, Sports, Accept

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, Men, Strong

When I was outed, it was like, That's done.
Billie Jean King

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

Tell, Means, Ready

At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.
Billie Jean King

Moving, Important, Keep

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
Billie Jean King

Change, Old, Wanted

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
Billie Jean King

Women, Men, Best

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
Billie Jean King

Help, Team, Wanted

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
Billie Jean King

Care, Coach, Brought

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
Billie Jean King

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
Billie Jean King

Life, After, Wanted

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Nationality: American

Born: November 22, 1943

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