Jim Courier Quotations

My initial dream was to be a baseball player, ... I remember throwing a baseball at 2-years-old in the house. My dreams of playing tennis just kept changing. It's been a remarkable road.

I don't have that much mental energy, so I have to kind of guard it with my life.

I have so much respect for him and what he brings to the court, his tenacity out there, his numerous abilities, foot speed, his shot selection, his cunning on the court.

I don't think you know the magnitude of the award you're receiving.

He would just outwork people. You think you hit a winner and the ball comes back to you. OK, you think. But when that happens on every single point it can really mess with you.

He has to be more emphatic at times. He tries to counter punch more ? it works well against everyone except Roger,

He's got to get a little more emphatic,

He's going to have to be a little more emphatic at times,

He cannot rip the ball unless his body is moving into the ball ? he's not strong enough.

He'll be lucky to last five or six years on those knees. What it might have to come down to is playing less on hard surfaces and playing more on forgiving surfaces.

Roger (Federer) has said unequivocally that he doesn't want Hawk-Eye, he doesn't want to change anything, but if you're playing as well as he is, you don't want to change your socks, your underwear, your girlfriend, your agent, anything.

I think it will be a terrific addition for tennis.

We'll fill in with someone else. We have some options. I'll play at 7 (p.m.), just not with Michael.

We want to be clear to the fans that the players take this very seriously and will be competing hard in every match. With the prize money and ranking points in every event there will be no doubt that these are tournaments, not exhibitions.

We are excited to launch the Champions Cup Series and unveil another high quality tennis property in the United States.

You can't blame him because he's so successful at it, but when he does come up against the world No.1, he's got to do more. That's got to weigh on your noggin a little bit.

The writing's been on the wall. Tennis takes us all over the world. People aspire to be the players they see on TV, and that's where dreams come from.

It was very efficient; very effective. The peace of mind it gives players is incredible - just knowing you're not going to lose a point because of a bad line call.

This is a way to space it out, manage it so your body can be sustained. The mental grind is something that forces most of us off the circuit.

The airplane has had a bog impact on my life.

They are two similar players. They're both power baseliners. Neither overpowers you with their serve but they try to place it well.

They are two similar players, ... They're both power baseliners. Neither overpowers you with their serve but they try to place it well.

I'm not a doctor but it's probably the Achilles.

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.

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,

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.

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.

The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players.

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.

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

Hell be lucky to last five or six years on those knees. What it might have to come down to is playing less on hard surfaces and playing more on forgiving surfaces.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

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.

You have to be extreme to be exceptional. I couldn't revel in being number one. I had to get to zero. When my fitness was at its peak, I was intimidating. I made guys cave in. They'd be dejected in the locker room after matches, and I'd go out for a run, as if it wasn't enough. I'd rub it in their faces. I meant to do that.

If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

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.

It's a simple question of supply and demand. But all of us are grossly overpaid. I think it's a ridiculous dispute.

I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on.

I will do everything in my power to make sure people are aware that our team is out there fighting the good fight for the tennis fans of the United States.

Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.

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.

The match was decided by absolutely top-flight tennis at the most crucial moments -- rather than nerves, rather than bad calls. It was a pure tennis match, in that sense, by two guys who everyone could aspire to be, battling it out in the most sportsmanlike fashion. And it was a truly heartfelt hug afterwards, too. It was a moving match, and they don't come as often as we'd like.