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. ”

In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar. ”

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody. ”

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. ”

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. ”

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed. ”

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

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time. ”

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms. ”