I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
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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.
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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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