Quote by Billie Jean King

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League

Summary

The quote suggests that the speaker believes opportunities for girls in team sports significantly decrease after Little League. In response, they chose to pursue tennis as it was seemingly more accessible compared to other traditional team sports like golf or swimming. The explanation implies that either the speaker perceived limited options or faced personal barriers when considering alternative sports, highlighting the lack of opportunities for girls beyond a certain level in team-oriented sports.

Topics

By Billie Jean King

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I really love 'Soapdish.' I wish 'Soapdish' had more of a mo

I really love 'Soapdish.' I wish 'Soapdish' had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie.

While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted d

While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value.

Love Value Fiction Gold Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy Fiction Importance Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Fantasy

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memo

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

James Branch Cabell

As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tric

As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.

He had had much experience of physicians, and said 'the only

He had had much experience of physicians, and said 'the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not'.

Humor Funny Wit Irony

For students today, only 10 percent of children from working

For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.

Patrick J. Kennedy

During the Vietnam War, Abbie Hoffman announced that the new

During the Vietnam War, Abbie Hoffman announced that the new high was banana peels taken rectally. So then FBI scientists stuffed banana peels up their asses to find out if this was true or not.

A good man dies when a boy goes wrong.

A good man dies when a boy goes wrong.

I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform

I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Reform Correction

I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the

I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.

Rarely do the followers exceed the expectations of the leade

Rarely do the followers exceed the expectations of the leaders.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

John Galsworthy