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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.
— Billie Jean King
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
— Billie Jean King
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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.
— Billie Jean King
Tags: well, team, always, world
Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.
— Billie Jean King
Tags: ready, tell, will, you
I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
— Billie Jean King
Tags: make, help, team, always
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
Tags: woman, business, sports, women
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