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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."; "Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever."; "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."; "The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men."; "The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing."; …"That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question."; "Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity."; "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."; "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."; "It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional."; "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."; "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."; "In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it."; "If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that."; "I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it."; "I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time."; "I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well."; "I wanted to use sports for social change."; "I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion."; "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."; "I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me."; "I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks."; "I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life."; "I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport."; "I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team."; "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."; "Champions keep playing until they get it right."; "A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning."
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