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There are things we can't control - like the wins and the losses.

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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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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People handle stress in different ways.
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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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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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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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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.
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It's a simple question of supply and demand. But all of us are grossly overpaid. I think it's a ridiculous dispute.
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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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Many books have been written about what the X-factor is, what separates people who win big matches versus those who struggle. Some of it's innate, but there's a piece of it that's learned, embracing those moments.
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