“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“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.”
Billie Jean King“That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.”
Billie Jean King“Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.”
Billie Jean King“I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.”
Billie Jean King“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!”
Billie Jean King“I wanted to use sports for social change.”
Billie Jean King“Sports are a microcosm of society.”
Billie Jean King“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.”
Billie Jean King“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“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