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One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance. ↗

— Ben E. King

#budget #club #depending #distance #minute

One of the members of the group, I can't remember which one, found out we were making $3 - $5,000 a night. We were getting a hundred dollars a week a piece. Everybody got upset about it. ↗

— Ben E. King

#dollars #everybody #found #getting #got

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#fall #first #first time #get #girl

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. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#beginning #finally #get #infancy #passage

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

— Billie Jean King

#could #credit #credit card #father #get

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