You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver. Jim Courier More Quotes by Jim Courier More Quotes From Jim Courier 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 athlete running You have to look at each tie and look at what your options are. Jim Courier ties looks You need to make sure everyone is healthy first and foremost. Jim Courier healthy needs firsts 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 hands past thinking 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 facts people 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 satisfaction doubt 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 propaganda purpose 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 tennis play thinking 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 environment might The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players. Jim Courier ranking player baseball 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 champion simple thinking There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change. Jim Courier federation evidence translate 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 cups four messages 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 careers player needs 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 successful running mean We lose a lot of young athletes because tennis is such a difficult sport. It's not like kicking a soccer ball. Jim Courier athlete soccer sports When you lack cohesion, it becomes difficult to have a clear marketing strategy. Jim Courier cohesion strategy marketing We have a lot of options. America is a great country. Jim Courier great-country country america 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 incentives incredibles country What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better. Jim Courier developing coaches helping
