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“Sports are a microcosm of society.”

Billie Jean King · Society

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Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

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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.

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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.

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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

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