“SHE’S A great player for a gal. But no woman can beat a male player who knows what he’s doing. I’m not only interested in glory for my sex, but I also want to set women’s lib back 20 years, to get women back into the home, where they belong.”

– American tennis player Bobby Riggs . . . before losing in straight sets to Billie Jean King in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes match (for which he had come out of retirement). Before his death in 1995 Riggs and King had become good friends.