Billie Jean King

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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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... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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