I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

Quote by Billie Jean King

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

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

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.

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...

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...

The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the...

The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Sports are a microcosm of society.

Sports are a microcosm of society.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

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...

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...

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 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 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...