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When I started in my career, my sister was very sick so I play for her because we didn't have money.

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Goran Ivanisevic
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 13
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It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit.
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I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.
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I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.
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I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.
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