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Billie Jean King

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

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

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

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"I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour."

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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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"Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity."

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"When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman."

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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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"I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport."

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"I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well."

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

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

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