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You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
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Long Beach
California
Billie Jean Moffitt
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