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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.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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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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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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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.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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