Billie Jean King

I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.

Billie Jean King

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.

Billie Jean King

I wanted to use sports for social change.

Billie Jean King

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

Billie Jean King

If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.

Billie Jean King

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.

Billie Jean King

It’s fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don’t have to explain yourself to.

Billie Jean King

It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.

Billie Jean King

It’s just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let’s start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.

Billie Jean King

It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

Billie Jean King