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Billie Jean King

"It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional."

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"It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional."

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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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"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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"Sports are a microcosm of society."
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"Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready."
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"I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually."
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"In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it."
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