Billie Jean King Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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 or a male signing off on it.”

“It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.”

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

“I wanted to use sports for social change.”

“No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.”

“Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.”

“I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.”

“Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.”

“Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.”