In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.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.
Billie Jean King
I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
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I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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