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You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.

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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You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.
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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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Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
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The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.
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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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What I've seen historically is winning is a major aloe. It solves a lot of problems.
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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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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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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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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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Even the poor can be fat in the U.S.
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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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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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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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What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.
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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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