Famous quotes by Athletes

"The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"I used to be told, if I talked about my sexuality in any way, that we wouldn't have a tennis tour"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"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, Athlete

"In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"I wanted to use sports for social change"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"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, Athlete

"Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"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, Athlete

"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, Athlete

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

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

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

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"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, Athlete

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

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning"

Billie Jean King, Athlete

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"Superman don't need no seat belt"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"My goal is to be better than yesterday"

Mat Fraser, Athlete

"You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again"

Mia Hamm, Athlete

"True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts"

Mia Hamm, Athlete

"There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one"

Mia Hamm, Athlete

"Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it"

Mia Hamm, Athlete

"When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it"

Yogi Berra, Athlete

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