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Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself.

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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Tennis
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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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The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.
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Even the poor can be fat in the U.S.
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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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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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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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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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It's hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played in March and the final finishes in December. I understand the challenges there.
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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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If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.
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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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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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You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.
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What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.
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