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.

Quote by Billie Jean King

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I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match....

I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match....

Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy...

Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy...

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals...

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals...

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

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.

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us...

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us...

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but...

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but...

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love...

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love...

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their...

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their...

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain...

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain...

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that...

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that...

I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great...

I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great...

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on...

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on...

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about...

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The reflection of the perfection is in the degree of the work's excellence attained painstakingly.

The reflection of the perfection is in the degree of the work's excellence attained painstakingly.

Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men,...

Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men,...

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came