Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
Billie Jean KingRead
It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Connecting with others globally brings joy when mutual understanding exists without the need for explanation.
Billie Jean King's quote expresses the joy and ease of forming relationships with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds. When we interact with individuals who inherently understand our experiences and perspectives, it fosters a sense of belonging and freedom, allowing authentic connections to flourish without the burden of explanations.
Themes
ConnectionUnderstandingFriendshipTravelDiversity
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about global networking at a conference.
More from Billie Jean King
All quotes βTennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
Billie Jean KingRead
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
Billie Jean KingRead
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
Billie Jean KingRead
I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
Billie Jean KingRead
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
Billie Jean KingRead
Similar quotes
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
EpicurusRead
There's a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
M. F. K. FisherRead
I don't want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.
Kevin HartRead
Robert Mapplethorpe, I met in 1967. He was a student at Pratt, though even as a student a fully formed artist. We went through many things in our life together. He became my loved one, then my best friend.
Patti SmithRead
My friendship with Mitzi was like the friendship that many children have with their pets. My mother and father thought it was "good for me" to have a dog for a companion. Well it was good for me, but it was only many years after she died that I began to understand how good it was, and why.
Fred RogersRead
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
Henry Ward BeecherRead