Quote

You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.

Billie Jean King

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
People
Elitist
Belong
Feel
Feels
Something
Like

More quotes by Billie Jean King

Image
Champions take responsibility.
Billie Jean King
Image
At 62 you want to keep moving that's important.
Billie Jean King
Image
In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
Billie Jean King
Image
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King
Image
In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
Billie Jean King
Image
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
Billie Jean King
Image
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?
Billie Jean King
Image
I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
Billie Jean King
Image
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
Billie Jean King
Image
Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King
Image
Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
Billie Jean King
Image
Love, light & blessings be On this day I wish to say 'Health & Happiness to come your way' Happy Birthday
Billie Jean King
Image
The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
Billie Jean King
Image
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
Billie Jean King
Image
Don't worry about what people say.
Billie Jean King
Image
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
Billie Jean King
Image
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
Billie Jean King
Image
A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
Billie Jean King
Image
It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing--especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don't think it's so much about becoming a tennis player. It's about becoming a person.
Billie Jean King
Image
As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.
Billie Jean King