Quotes from Jim Courier

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

I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make.

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

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

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.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

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

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

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.

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.

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.

Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.

People handle stress in different ways.

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.

Us going out there and performing our best. That's how I define success. I'm not going to define it for us by the wins and the losses as much as by the effort and how we handle ourselves.

There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change.

The good news is I have time.

Trophies separate the winners from losers, and life is about winning and losing. Go into business and you see. You're competing every day.

In America, we love to give people second chances too - as long as you admit you were wrong and come back and do it the right way.

There are certainly great cities in America that don't have ATP and WTA events. Our fans are very provincial. They want American champions.

Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?

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

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.

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