I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
Billie Jean KingIn the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
Billie Jean KingI didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
Billie Jean King