#pa

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

If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#private #respect #wants #you #your

Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind him to keep people from even talking to him. You were almost in a little restricted area there. ↗

— Ben E. King

#area #behind #even #gone #him

You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that. ↗

— Ben E. King

#already #because #daily #felt #had

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 love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#coaching #grass-roots #i #i love #love

The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#paperback #too

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

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#golf #got #i #into #league

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