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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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Long Beach
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Billie Jean Moffitt
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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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