162 Quotes by Billie Jean King

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.

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

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

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.

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.

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.

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.