Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.

Quote by Billie Jean King

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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...

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

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

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...

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father...

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father...

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I...

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I...

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you...

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you...

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope...

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope...

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...

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...

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates...

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates...

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.

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They...

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They...

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

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

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

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into...

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into...

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on...

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on...

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than...

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than...