27 Quotes by Billie Jean King about sports


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    When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.

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    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!

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    Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

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    Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

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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.

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    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.

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