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Billie Jean King

"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."

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"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."

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"When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!"
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"That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question."
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"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."
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"In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports."
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"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."
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"I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team."
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"They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique."
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"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."
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"At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important."
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"Sports are a microcosm of society."
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