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• There's a reason why Federer and Nadal are so gracious when they lose. They sleep well at night knowing that they've given their best.

  Jim Courier

  Sleep, Night, Knowing

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.

  Jim Courier

  Thinking, Tennis, Today

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Humble, Greatness, Nadal

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• I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.

  Jim Courier

  Years, Lucky, Enough

  "Interview With Davis Cup's American Coach Jim Courier". Tennis Now Interview, bleacherreport.com. November 30, 2010.

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• If they had rankings in baseball, maybe I would have been able to do the math and figure out my chances of being a professional baseball player versus a tennis player. But that was the decision-maker for me, I just thought I was better in tennis.

  Jim Courier

  Baseball, Math, Player

  "Interview With Davis Cup's American Coach Jim Courier". Interview with Lauren Lynch, bleacherreport.com. December 1, 2010.

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• I'm a big proponent of Hawk-Eye. I think it's a wonderful addition, not only for the players, but more importantly for the fans.

  Jim Courier

  Eye, Player, Thinking

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Successful, Games, Iphone

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Country, Incentives, Incredibles

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• We have a lot of options. America is a great country.

  Jim Courier

  Country, America, Great Country

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Cities, America, Champion

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• You can drill down on where hunger comes from and figure it out from there, but there absolutely has to be a sense of urgency if you're going to play tennis because you're the team - there's no one for you to rely on but yourself.

  Jim Courier

  Team, Play, Tennis

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati, and the U.S. Open. So how would golf or NFL or NHL fare if there were only four times a year that their very best were visible? Tennis went international, and for us to expect it to be popular media-wise is very naïve. And that translates into children and families being interested.

  Jim Courier

  Wise, Children, Spring

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Basketball, Running, Athlete

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.

  Jim Courier

  Helping, Coaches, Developing

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Evidence, Translate, Federation

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• You have to look at each tie and look at what your options are.

  Jim Courier

  Ties, Looks

  Source: www.tennis-prose.com

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• You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost.

  Jim Courier

  Healthy, Firsts, Needs

  Source: www.tennis-prose.com

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• I think the Davis Cup has some untapped potential. It should be as prominent as the Grand Slams when it takes place. If you put it together with Fed Cup for an organized, nationalistic team competition taking place in a central location for two weeks, I think that would be beneficial from a fan interest stand point, from a media stand point and from a television stand point.

  Jim Courier

  Team, Thinking, Media

  Source: www.tennis-prose.com

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Cheer, Victory, Satisfaction

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Past, Thinking, Hands

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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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.

  Jim Courier

  America, People, Facts

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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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.

  Jim Courier

  Pride, Doubt, Satisfaction

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• There used to be a lot more politics in the Olympics, when the Soviet Bloc committed a lot of resources for propaganda purposes.

  Jim Courier

  Olympics, Purpose, Propaganda

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that most champions are born into certain environments and encouraged early. Then, later on, they might get some assistance from their federations.

  Jim Courier

  Champion, Might, Environment

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• It's unfair to expect the USTA, just because they make this pot of money, to just snap their fingers and make champions. It's not simple, and anyone who thinks it is hasn't really looked underneath the hood to see how the engine works.

  Jim Courier

  Simple, Thinking, Champion

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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