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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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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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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'm not suggesting that the entire nation can't be successful, but there's something to it when you have 150 cable channels and the Internet at your fingertips and video games and all kinds of ADD-addled devices like my iPhone and your BlackBerry and things that keep us busy.
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You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.
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Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself.
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You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.
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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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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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Focusing on one thing can be tough, and people with fewer options are more apt to concentrate on what they're doing. There's probably something to hunger.
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You can kick a ball into the net, throw a basketball into the net. Tennis is complicated. It'll make a lot of great athletes run the other way because they can't be successful initially.
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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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I am there to play tennis and represent the U.S., but I'm also aware that not everyone's going to be able to think that way.
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We lose a lot of young athletes because tennis is such a difficult sport. It's not like kicking a soccer ball.
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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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Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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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.
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People handle stress in different ways.
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Tennis is more than just shots. It's about being clutch and beating the people on the other side of the net.
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