In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
Billie Jean KingSports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
Billie Jean KingMartina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
Billie Jean KingI hate being called a homosexual because I don't feel that way. It really upsets me ... Being gay can happen in any walk of life, in any world. If you have one gay experience, does that mean you're gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you're straight? Life doesn't work quite so cut and dried.
Billie Jean King