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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.

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Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
Tennis Player
Sanford
Florida
James Spencer Courier
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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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Hell be lucky to last five or six years on those knees. What it might have to come down to is playing less on hard surfaces and playing more on forgiving surfaces.
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