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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
Tennis
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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 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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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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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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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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Focusing on one thing can be tough, and people with fewer options are more apt to concentrate on what they're doing. There's probably something to hunger.
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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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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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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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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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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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