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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.

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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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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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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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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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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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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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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The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.
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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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You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.
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There are things we can't control - like the wins and the losses.
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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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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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America has an interesting global role, don't we? It certainly seems to be changing. Our government right now has a softer hand than we've had in the past, but I still think that we're the global behemoth.
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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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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 separates the winners from the losers is that they can deal with doing their best while still coming up short.
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One of Nadal’s strengths is that he’s so humble, that he’s surprised at what he has achieved, and that he has never bought into his greatness.
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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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You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.
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