A Quote by Bobby Riggs

Billie Jean just caught me on a bad day.

Bobby Riggs

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Bobby Riggs
American - Athlete
February 25, 1918 - October 25, 1995

I was certainly a kid who believed he could make a difference in the world. I was, as a young person, cooking up plans. My hero is Billie Jean King, and the thing that I find so impressive about Billie Jean is that she took something as banal as playing tennis and used it to change the world. She really did.

Peter Paige

When I worked with Billie Jean King and Craig Kardon, and we would be working on something, Billie would show up and say, 'What about this?' Neither one of us had seen it.

Martina Navratilova

I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.

Idris Elba

I did a rendition of Billie Jean which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.

Idris Elba

Billie-Jean King used to take me out on court and say that she just wanted to watch my forehand. You can't get greater praise than that.

Sue Barker

People said I was tanking, but Billie Jean beat me fair and square.

Bobby Riggs

What happened to equal opportunity? Not just in tennis, but everything. It's something that Billie Jean King fought for and she played Bobby Riggs for that, and beat him.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Billie Jean King is the personality of women's tennis.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

I have to admit, I underestimated Billie Jean and overestimated myself.

Bobby Riggs

I learned how to dance every move of 'Billie Jean.'

Rain

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

Serena Williams

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

Sally Ride

I had an opportunity to hit tennis balls with Billie Jean King when she was in South Africa when I was 11. She encouraged me to pursue my dream, and I did.