dams, Steve, ref1 gassi, Andre, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13 Davis Cup play of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 Grand Slam titles of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12 late career of, ref1, ref2 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35 relationship of PS and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10 resurgence of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 showmanship and emotion of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 gassi, Mike, ref1, ref2 li, Muhammad, ref1, ref2 ll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, ref1, ref2, ref3 Centre Court at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 Graveyard Court (No. 2) at, ref1, ref2, ref3 Royal Box at, ref1, ref2, ref3 see also Wimbledon mend, Eric, ref1 merican Dream, ref1, ref2 nnacone, Paul, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 PS coached by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11 relationship of PS and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12 rthurs, Wayne, ref1 ssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 World Championships of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12 ustin, Jeff, ref1 ustin, John, ref1 ustin, Pam, ref1 ustin, Tracy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 ustralian Open, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 of 1990, ref1 of 1993, ref1 of 1994, ref1, ref2
of 1995, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 of 1996, ref1 of 1997, ref1, ref2 of 1998, ref1, ref2 of 2000, ref1 of 2001, ref1, ref2 of 2002, ref1 ckhands, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 one-handed, ref1, ref2, ref3 switching of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 two-handed, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 volley and slice, ref1 seball, ref1 seline play, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 sketball, ref1, ref2 ssett, Glenn, ref1, ref2 stl, George, ref1, ref2, ref3 ur, Patrick, ref1 atles, ref1 cker, Boris, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16 llie Jean King National Tennis Center, ref1, ref2 Arthur Ashe Stadium at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 Louis Armstrong Stadium at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9 orkman, Jonas, ref1, ref2 ack, Byron, ref1 ack, John, ref1 ackman, Martin, ref1 ackmore, Tom, ref1 ake, James, ref1 umberg, Ivan, ref1, ref2, ref3 do, <strong>Pete</strong>r, ref1, ref2 rg, Björn, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 rg family, ref1, ref2 rotra, Jean, ref1 rwick, Neil, ref1 ston Red Sox, ref1 sworth, Warren, ref1 andi, Joe, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 ett, Bob, ref1 itish Open golf tournament, ref1 ugnon, Jacques, ref1 uguera, Sergi, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 dge, Don, ref1 lifornia, University of, at Los Angeles (UCLA), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
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A CHAMPION’S MIND
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Introduction Chapter 1 1971-1986 Th
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A few years ago, the idea of writin
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A CHAMPION’S MIND
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cheap to build and easy to maintain
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other serious player in the family.
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specialist. Eventually, I also had
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that enabled me to use the same bas
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my training. Cha-ching, cha-ching .
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It didn’t hurt my cause that as c
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My journey to tennis stardom was a
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He had fought his way through the p
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He was courteous, and curious about
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seemed that my serve was getting st
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Andre was bouncing the ball, gettin
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The kids had a “normal” late ad
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Although I missed the Australian Op
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I know what the problem was: theore
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player in the nation. I was the ide
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had I not changed my receiving stan
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of reading between the lines, and T
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The tie worked out exactly as plann
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him to chip and charge. I would wai
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developed on hard courts, where you
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established icon. We had a tug-of-w
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way I also took out solid clay-cour
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danger of turning tennis into a sch
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myself, I fought like mad. The New
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inexplicably collapsed. By then Tim
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more than a casual commitment), but
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Lyon revisited—a full-on disaster
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pressure and made guys very uncomfo
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who also put up some good results o
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I wasn’t very flamboyant. They we
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eyes. I think he saw me as differen
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