The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number…

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.

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...

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...

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very...

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very...

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...

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...

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 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...

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in...

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in...

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you...

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you...

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

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

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

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...

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...

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United...

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United...

I wanted to use sports for social change.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

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 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...

Sports are a microcosm of society.

Sports are a microcosm of society.

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

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