Author: Billie Jean King

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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

- Billie Jean King

I wanted to use sports for social change.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

- Billie Jean King

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

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

- Billie Jean King

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

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

- Billie Jean King

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.

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.

- Billie Jean King

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

- Billie Jean King

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

- Billie Jean King

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

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

- Billie Jean King

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

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

- Billie Jean King

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