"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
About this Quote
This quote by Billie Jean King talks with the power of exclusion as well as the importance of representation. At the age of 11, King was excluded from an image due to the fact that she wasn't putting on a tennis skirt. This experience of being excluded as well as not seen for who she was, sparked a wish in King to alter the sporting activity. She intended to develop a space where everyone was consisted of and could be seen for that they were. King's experience of exclusion and her succeeding desire to develop a much more comprehensive sport, talks to the power of depiction and the value of developing a space where every person is seen and also approved. King's tale is an inspiring suggestion of the power of addition and also the significance of developing a room where everybody is approved and commemorated.
This quote is written / told by Billie Jean King somewhere between November 22, 1943 and today. She was a famous Athlete from USA.
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