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Be bold. If you're going to m...

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

When they take surveys of wom...

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.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

Ever since that day when I wa...

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 155 quotes

Tennis is a perfect combinati...

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

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

Women's sports is still in it...

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.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

Everyone has people in their ...

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

I think younger players proba...

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

There is no life for girls in...

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.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

Men can have a huge turnover ...

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

When we reach the point where...

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!

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

I will tell you King's First ...

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

I would just never out anybod...

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

I used to be told if I talked...

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

A champion is afraid of losin...

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

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

Sports teaches you character,...

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.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

I was always in the tennis bu...

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

It is very hard to be a femal...

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.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

In 1973, women got 59 cents o...

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.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

I think it's impossible to ju...

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

Being Number One isn't everyt...

Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.

Billie Jean King 155 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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