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Senior tennis is like the younger game in slow motion. It is much more of a backcourt game. The player who had a big game in his prime finds it harder to play that same game as a senior. But any senior who could lob well when he was young can still hit a good lob.
Bobby Riggs -
No woman ever lived who could compete with a man on an equal basis - even a 55-year-old man. There's a lot of talk about Women's Lib. They feel they're worth as much as the guys, but they can't play a lick if they can't beat a 55-year-old guy.
Bobby Riggs
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Women should do kitchen work and take care of babies.
Bobby Riggs -
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.
Bobby Riggs -
Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks.
Bobby Riggs -
I am the finest defensive player in the game.
Bobby Riggs -
All my life, everything has been a contest.
Bobby Riggs -
I'm a woman specialist now. I'm going around the world to challenge all the woman champions. England, France, Czechoslovakia, everywhere.
Bobby Riggs
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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.
Bobby Riggs -
An old ham like me needs to be on stage.
Bobby Riggs -
The man is king. The man is supreme.
Bobby Riggs -
Never underestimate opponents.
Bobby Riggs -
I once played amateur tournament tennis six months without double-faulting.
Bobby Riggs -
It's no disgrace to play against the world's champions and lose by one service break in the last two sets.
Bobby Riggs
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I'm always ready to play for money.
Bobby Riggs -
I have to admit, I underestimated Billie Jean and overestimated myself.
Bobby Riggs -
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.
Bobby Riggs -
I never quit hustling.
Bobby Riggs -
I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.
Bobby Riggs -
No. 1, women should be in the bedroom. No. 2, get to the kitchen. No. 3, support the man, support the king.
Bobby Riggs
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I never had any initiative or drive to be a success in business.
Bobby Riggs -
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.
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.
Bobby Riggs -
My biggest problem is overconfidence.
Bobby Riggs