#na

People need jobs, people need happy and successful lives; there should be marriage between one man and one woman, there should the value of person from conception until natural death. ↗

— Alveda King

#conception #death #happy #jobs #lives

I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King. ↗

— B. B. King

#i #king #look #man #me

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies. ↗

— Ben E. King

#buddies #come #coordinator #dad #guess

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#action #atmosphere #combination #perfect #place

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

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

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

— Billie Jean King

#i #love #personality #player #right

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

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#between #everything #five #good #haul