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I never quit hustling.
Never underestimate opponents.
The man is king. The man is supreme.
My biggest problem is overconfidence.
I like to be at the top of the ratings.
Billie Jean just caught me on a bad day.
An old ham like me needs to be on stage.
All my life, everything has been a contest.
I am the finest defensive player in the game.
I always rise to the occasion for that big bet.
I'll never play for more than I can afford to lose.
Women who can, do. Those who can't become feminists.
Women should do kitchen work and take care of babies.
We want to keep the actual Civil War experience alive.
I've got to have a bet going in order to play my best.
I love the excitement, the center stage, the limelight.
I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.
I like to bet on as close to a sure thing as you can find.
Women belong in the bedroom and the kitchen, in that order.
The drop shots and lobs are very effective in senior tennis.
If I am to be a chauvinist pig, I want to be the number one pig.
I never had any initiative or drive to be a success in business.
The best way to handle women is to keep them pregnant and barefoot.
People said I was tanking, but Billie Jean beat me fair and square.
I like women. I like them so much, I think every man should own two.
I have to admit, I underestimated Billie Jean and overestimated myself.
I once played amateur tournament tennis six months without double-faulting.
Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks.
I consider myself just a lovable old man who just loves women. I've reversed 100 percent.
I'm like a fire hose when the alarm goes off in a battle against a woman. Don't ever count me out.
The proudest thing I have ever done was to win the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
This Martina Navratilova is a real champion, but with the proper training, I can make miracles happen.
Evel Knievel bet me $25,000 I couldn't ride a motorcycle 650 miles from Las Vegas to Twin Falls, Idaho.
It's no disgrace to play against the world's champions and lose by one service break in the last two sets.
The second-worst thing in the world is betting on a golf game and losing. The worst is not betting at all.
No. 1, women should be in the bedroom. No. 2, get to the kitchen. No. 3, support the man, support the king.
I don't want to be the guy who sits on a front porch with a mint julep in his hand and rocks his life away.
Ali reversed the decision in a second fight with Joe Frazier. That's what would happen if I played Billie Jean again.
Women play about twenty-five percent as good as men, so they should get about twenty-five percent of the money men get.
If I can't play for big money, I play for a little money. And if I can't play for a little money, I stay in bed that day.
I'm a woman specialist now. I'm going around the world to challenge all the woman champions. England, France, Czechoslovakia, everywhere.
I've played this game from 12-under to the over-70s. So when they say tennis is a game from the cradle to the grave, you truly have it right.
When I don't enjoy it anymore, I'll stop. But I think as long as people want me to be where the action is, I'll be there. I just love to play tennis.
If you're betting all the time, everything is just another bet. You don't even think about the money after you've made the arrangements. You're used to it.
The best poker game is seven-card stud, high-low splits. I mean, it's the best if you don't have to declare high or low, and can win it all with a low straight.
That's the trouble with the women's game. Those women think they're men, and they go off hitting all over the place. They'd be better off if they'd played like women.
I'm out to prove that a guy 55 years old, with one foot in the grave, can play with the best woman in the world and maybe beat her. It'll be a big boost for men's superiority.
Women's tennis? I think it stinks. They hit the ball back and forth, have a lot of nice volleys, and you can see some pretty legs. But it's night and day compared to men's tennis.
I know beating a woman isn't like winning seven gold medals. But how many old guys are there in the world? You think they can relate to Mark Spitz? They relate to me, Bobby Riggs.
To be a winner, you've got to be an appraiser. You've got to be able to play at your best under pressure. And more money creates more pressure. Money is the finest fuel in the world.