Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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.
Jim Courier
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
Tennis Player
Sanford
Florida
James Spencer Courier
Given
Night
Best
Nadal
Reason
Gracious
Wells
Lose
Well
Loses
Sleep
Knowing
More quotes by Jim Courier
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
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.
Jim Courier
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.
Jim Courier
Even the poor can be fat in the U.S.
Jim Courier
America is the world's policemen, whether you and I like that or not. That's a fact. People globally feel that.
Jim Courier
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.
Jim Courier
There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that most champions are born into certain environments and encouraged early. Then, later on, they might get some assistance from their federations.
Jim Courier
There are certainly great cities in America that don't have ATP and WTA events. Our fans are very provincial. They want American champions.
Jim Courier
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.
Jim Courier
I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make.
Jim Courier
People handle stress in different ways.
Jim Courier
There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change.
Jim Courier
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.
Jim Courier
What separates the winners from the losers is that they can deal with doing their best while still coming up short.
Jim Courier
If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.
Jim Courier
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.
Jim Courier
You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.
Jim Courier
Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
Jim Courier
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.
Jim Courier
Tennis is more than just shots. It's about being clutch and beating the people on the other side of the net.
Jim Courier
