Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.
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.
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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.
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.
Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
I wanted to use sports for social change.
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.
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.
I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.
I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
