#ge

The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#exchange #how #just #look #many

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 think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#come #hope #i #i think #impossible

I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#britain #by the time #ever #get #grown-up

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#first #first law #get #i #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

#home #huge #least #lot #men

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. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#boy #companies #get #lot #men

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#obsessed #who #world

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last! ↗

— Billie Jean King

#athletes #dates #easily #getting #just

In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious. ↗

— Carole King

#been #being #career #felt #guess