When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
Billie Jean KingMarriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
Billie Jean KingI was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
Billie Jean KingWhen a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team. I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can't just have what they call a lesson today every week.
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