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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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Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
Tennis Player
Sanford
Florida
James Spencer Courier
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There are things we can't control - like the wins and the losses.
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Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself.
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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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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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The airplane has had a big impact on my life.
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What I've seen historically is winning is a major aloe. It solves a lot of problems.
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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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I'm a big proponent of Hawk-Eye. I think it's a wonderful addition, not only for the players, but more importantly for the fans.
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Hell be lucky to last five or six years on those knees. What it might have to come down to is playing less on hard surfaces and playing more on forgiving surfaces.
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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.
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You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.
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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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Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
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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 will do everything in my power to make sure people are aware that our team is out there fighting the good fight for the tennis fans of the United States.
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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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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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What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.
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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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