00:00Sports are a microcosm of society, which is really important to understand.
00:04But I was dreaming about my sport, and I realized that everyone wore white shoes, white socks, white clothes,
00:10played with white balls, and everybody who played was white.
00:12And I asked myself this question, where is everybody else?
00:15And that was my moment that changed my whole life, that I was going to fight for evil rights and
00:21freedom for everyone.
00:22And that includes men and women, or however how you self-identify today,
00:27but in those days we thought of it as men and women.
00:30And I really dedicated my life to this because I thought it was so important.
00:34And tennis is a global sport, and I knew if I could get good enough, if I could become number
00:39one,
00:39maybe I could help change the world to make it a better place.
00:41We stand on her shoulders in the fight for equality.
00:45We have so much to be grateful to her and these women for,
00:48not just in the sport of tennis, and not just in America, but across the world,
00:55and in the conversation that surrounds equal pay, equal respect for both men and women,
01:00she is an absolute, an absolute icon.
01:04Everyone should be seeing one another on television.
01:06You should be seeing yourselves on television reflected,
01:08and you should be seeing women who are not like you reflected.
01:10Same way men should be seeing different kinds of people reflected on television.
01:13It should be that for everyone.
01:15If you can't see yourself on television in a certain kind of role,
01:17a lot of times you can't even imagine yourself being that role.
01:20Be more inclusive, lift people up, and help each other to respect each other,
01:25because we're all in this together.
