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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.
Jim Courier
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Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
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Sanford
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James Spencer Courier
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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 no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change.
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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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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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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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People handle stress in different ways.
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