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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
Tennis Player
Sanford
Florida
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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If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.
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In America, we love to give people second chances too - as long as you admit you were wrong and come back and do it the right way.
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Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
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It's hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played in March and the final finishes in December. I understand the challenges there.
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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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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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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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People handle stress in different ways.
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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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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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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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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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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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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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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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Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself.
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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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