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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.

Jim Courier

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Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
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James Spencer Courier
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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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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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If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.
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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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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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People handle stress in different ways.
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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 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've seen historically is winning is a major aloe. It solves a lot of problems.
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Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
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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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You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.
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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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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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Many books have been written about what the X-factor is, what separates people who win big matches versus those who struggle. Some of it's innate, but there's a piece of it that's learned, embracing those moments.
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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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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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