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.
More Quotes from Billie Jean King:
Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.Billie Jean King
Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
Billie Jean King
You've got to win in sports that's talent but you've also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
Billie Jean King
When I was outed, it was like, That's done.
Billie Jean King
I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
Billie Jean King
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Business & Commerce Quotes, Finance Quotes, Woman QuotesLove often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Aristotle
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Paul Valery