Billie Jean King Sports Quotes

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What did Billie Jean King say about Sports?

Billie Jean King has written many quotes about Sports. E.g.,

  • 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.
  • Sports are a microcosm of society.
  • Champions keep playing until they get it right.

What are the top most famous Sports quotes by Billie Jean King?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Sports by 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.
  • Sports are a microcosm of society.
  • Champions keep playing until they get it right.
  • Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
  • Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
  • Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
  • I wanted to use sports for social change.
  • In 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.
  • There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.