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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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