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It's a simple question of supply and demand. But all of us are grossly overpaid. I think it's a ridiculous dispute.

Jim Courier

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Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
Tennis Player
Sanford
Florida
James Spencer Courier
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