Billie Jean King

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.

Sports are a microcosm of society.

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

The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.

I see a lot of actors for whom life becomes one big schedule. I guess I try to be more sensitive to my private life - to take a breath of fresh air and be in the countryside or on a golf course.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.