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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.
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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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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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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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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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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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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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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The airplane has had a big impact on my life.
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Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself.
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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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