Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr.is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He holds the record for being the youngest man to have reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, at the age of 22 years and 11 months. He also won five Masters 1000 series titles. Until Novak Djokovic in 2016, Courier was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth17 August 1970
CitySanford, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Being a father, is it mellowing him out? There's no positive energy and no negative energy for a long time -- very mysterious,
His day is done, and now we're doing it. And we're doing it pretty well and not with fingers in the air and our hands on our crotches.
His game may not be obviously adaptable to grass, but his attitude is,
In the beginning, he did everything with the viewpoint of what's in it for Andre. But he transformed himself from just another selfish athlete into a generous, caring, enlightened person, someone who ran away from responsibility and now dresses himself up in it.
I came in with very low expectations. I've played two rounds of golf in 2006 before this tournament. Curtis and I have ham-and-egged it around here pretty well.
I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America when I was 12 years old and I couldn't tell you what I was in baseball, but I liked my chances in tennis of getting a scholarship to college.
Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.
I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make.
I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there's a little bit more of a start and finish line.
I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors are today, given some changes.
Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.