#ay

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. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#acceptable #active #athletes #females #had

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. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#because #change #day #ever #i

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#any #i #sexuality #talked #tennis

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#always #i #team #teams #tennis

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#everyone #find #i #i think #just

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#i #love #personality #player #right

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

#fortune #say #sports #successful #surveys

I'm always using a towel around my head. Airports don't worry about me. ↗

— Kerry King

#always #around #head #i #me

I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with time. I can honestly say that I was never influenced to write for the church. ↗

— Charles King

#change #church #got #honestly #hymn

People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point. ↗

— Regina King

#makes #people #point #screen #see