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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
Billie Jean King

I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
Billie Jean King

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

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.
Billie Jean King

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

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

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