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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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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.
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I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.
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