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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
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James Spencer Courier
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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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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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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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America has an interesting global role, don't we? It certainly seems to be changing. Our government right now has a softer hand than we've had in the past, but I still think that we're the global behemoth.
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The airplane has had a big impact on my life.
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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 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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If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.
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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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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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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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The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.
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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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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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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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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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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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You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.
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