162 Quotes by Billie Jean King

It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.

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

Don’t worry about what people say.

You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don’t want us to be elitist.

Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.

Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.

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?

Our love one’s are never gone, they have just popped into another room.