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The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

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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Airplane
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People handle stress in different ways.
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America is the world's policemen, whether you and I like that or not. That's a fact. People globally feel that.
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What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.
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It's really easy to find your friends when you're playing away. You have a close-knit group with you and everyone else is cheering hard for their side. There's more satisfaction coming away with a road victory.
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Trophies separate the winners from losers, and life is about winning and losing. Go into business and you see. You're competing every day.
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Even the poor can be fat in the U.S. That says something about a country. That's how incredible what we have is. But it can also take away incentive.
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There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change.
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In America, we love to give people second chances too - as long as you admit you were wrong and come back and do it the right way.
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Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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It's hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played in March and the final finishes in December. I understand the challenges there.
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Without a doubt, there's huge satisfaction when a relatively smaller nation can take on a bigger nation and defeat them. There's a lot of pride in that.
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There are certainly great cities in America that don't have ATP and WTA events. Our fans are very provincial. They want American champions.
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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make.
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There's a reason why Federer and Nadal are so gracious when they lose. They sleep well at night knowing that they've given their best.
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If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.
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There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that most champions are born into certain environments and encouraged early. Then, later on, they might get some assistance from their federations.
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Fear is an interesting energy that we all have to face. Some people step up and aren't afraid but still come up short. And some would rather cop out: My shoulder hurts or I didn't give it my all. They can sleep at night.
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I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors are today, given some changes.
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