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.

Quote by Billie Jean King

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

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

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and...

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and...

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...

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

When I was outed, it was like, That's done.

When I was outed, it was like, That's done.

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...

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.

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...

At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.

At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.

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 is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any...

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Sports are a microcosm of society.

Sports are a microcosm of society.

They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out....

They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out....