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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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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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Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
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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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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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Even the poor can be fat in the U.S.
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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 all of us are shaped by the choices we make.
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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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