Quotes from Billie Jean King

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

Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.

People say, "Do you know how much a million dollars is?" I don't have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards becoming a champion.

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.

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.

My whole life has been about equal rights and opportunities. For me it really goes back to the health of mind, body and soul.

Sports are a microcosm of society.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.

I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.

Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network... They have more companies they can get money from.

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

Create your legacy, and pass the baton.

Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.