If he plays his best it is hard to see anyone else winning, but the mental challenge of trying to win the one title he needs adds weight to this challenge for Novak. Jim Courier More Quotes by Jim Courier More Quotes From Jim Courier 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 wisespringchildren 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 basketballathleterunning You have to look at each tie and look at what your options are. Jim Courier tieslooks You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost. Jim Courier healthyneedsfirsts 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 handspastthinking America is the world's policemen, whether you and I like that or not. That's a fact. People globally feel that. Jim Courier americafactspeople 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 pridesatisfactiondoubt 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 olympicspropagandapurpose 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. Jim Courier tennisplaythinking 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 championenvironmentmight The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players. Jim Courier rankingplayerbaseball 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 championsimplethinking There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change. Jim Courier federationevidencetranslate When your four biggest tournaments all operate relatively independently, and the ATP and WTA tour operate independently, and you have Davis Cup and Fed Cup that operate independently, it makes it a tough message. Jim Courier cupsfourmessages You need to look to make a cohesive calendar that makes sense and helps elongate the careers of your players as opposed to shorten them inadvertently. Jim Courier careersplayerneeds You can look directly at the NFL and see how successful they've become because they have central control, central voice, and it doesn't mean that the owners don't have a say, but the commissioner runs it, and he's the one who speaks for them when they go out and do commercial deals. Jim Courier successfulrunningmean We lose a lot of young athletes because tennis is such a difficult sport. It's not like kicking a soccer ball. Jim Courier athletesoccersports When you lack cohesion, it becomes difficult to have a clear marketing strategy. Jim Courier cohesionstrategymarketing We have a lot of options. America is a great country. Jim Courier great-countrycountryamerica 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 incentivesincrediblescountry
