#men

We should recognize that women become mothers the moment they are pregnant. ↗

— Alveda King

#moment #mothers #pregnant #recognize #should

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing. ↗

— Ben E. King

#dawned #life #me #money #my life

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist. ↗

— Ben E. King

#associated #aware #ben #called #course

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#best #each #events #i #i always

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 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

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

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

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. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#assumed #female #hard #how #leader

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