Billie Jean King Quotes


You've got to win in sports -- that's talent -- but you've also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience. - Billie Jean King


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. - Billie Jean King


Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad. - Billie Jean King


Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking. - Billie Jean King


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! - Billie Jean King


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. - Billie Jean King


When I was outed, it was like, That's done. - Billie Jean King


We have the great fortune of having the best two players in the world with Serena and Venus. As they demonstrated with some tremendous wins at the Australian Open, they are both playing top-level tennis. - Billie Jean King


Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever. - Billie Jean King


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