Quotes from Bobby Riggs

I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.

To be a winner, you've got to be an appraiser. You've got to be able to play at your best under pressure. And more money creates more pressure. Money is the finest fuel in the world.

I never quit hustling.

Women belong in the bedroom and the kitchen, in that order.

I like to be at the top of the ratings.

An old ham like me needs to be on stage.

Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks.

My philosophy is to make an offer that the other guy can't refuse, because he thinks there's no way he can't win.

That's the trouble with the women's game. Those women think they're men, and they go off hitting all over the place. They'd be better off if they'd played like women.

I'm like a fire hose when the alarm goes off in a battle against a woman. Don't ever count me out.

The second-worst thing in the world is betting on a golf game and losing. The worst is not betting at all.

I once played amateur tournament tennis six months without double-faulting.

I never had any initiative or drive to be a success in business.

Billie Jean just caught me on a bad day.

Ali reversed the decision in a second fight with Joe Frazier. That's what would happen if I played Billie Jean again.

No. 1, women should be in the bedroom. No. 2, get to the kitchen. No. 3, support the man, support the king.

I said a lot of things about which I was wrong. Now I have to sit back and take what's coming, and I will. I still like women in the bedrooms and kitchens in that order, but some of them can do other things.

I've played this game from 12-under to the over-70s. So when they say tennis is a game from the cradle to the grave, you truly have it right.

Women play about twenty-five percent as good as men, so they should get about twenty-five percent of the money men get.

We want to keep the actual Civil War experience alive.

I'm a woman specialist now. I'm going around the world to challenge all the woman champions. England, France, Czechoslovakia, everywhere.

Never underestimate opponents.

I have to admit, I underestimated Billie Jean and overestimated myself.

People said I was tanking, but Billie Jean beat me fair and square.