nnis courts: clay surface of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20 grass surface of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12 hard surface of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13 HAR-TRU green clay surface of, ref1 indoor carpet surface of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 Plexicushion surface of, ref1 public, ref1 Rebound Ace surface of, ref1 nnis rackets: abuse of, ref1, ref2, ref3 customization of, ref1 graphite, ref1 grips on, ref1, ref2, ref3 head size on, ref1, ref2, ref3 placement of, ref1, ref2 stringing of, ref1, ref2, ref3 technological changes in, ref1, ref2, ref3 weighting of, ref1, ref2 Wilson Pro Staff ref1, ref2, ref3 wooden, ref1, ref2 nnis shoes, ref1, ref2, ref3 nnis Week, ref1, ref2 alassemia, ref1, ref2 breakers, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17 mes (London), ref1, ref2 day show, ref1 inity University, ref1 ihrach, Bohdan, ref1 ited States Tennis Association (USTA), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10 geographic divisions of, ref1, ref2 junior division of, ref1, ref2, ref3 S. Open, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 of 1989, ref1, ref2 of 1990, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9 of 1991, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 of 1992, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8 of 1993, ref1, ref2, ref3 of 1994, ref1, ref2, ref3 of 1995, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 of 1996, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 of 1997, ref1, ref2, ref3 of 1998, ref1, ref2, ref3 of 1999, ref1
PS’s wins at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14 Super Saturday at, ref1 of 2000, ref1, ref2, ref3 of 2001, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 of 2002, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 2003 retirement ceremony for PS at, ref1 S. Pro Indoor tournament, ref1, ref2 n Rensburg, Christo, ref1, ref2, ref3 nes, Ellsworth, ref1 sta Grande Elementary School, ref1 lkov, Alexander, ref1 ltchkov, Vladimir, ref1, ref2 arhol, Andy, ref1 ashington, D. C., ref1, ref2, ref3 ashington, Mal, ref1, ref2, ref3 edding Planner, The, ref1 estchester Journal News, ref1 est End tennis club, ref1 heaton, David, ref1, ref2 ilander, Mats, ref1, ref2 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3 ild card slots, ref1, ref2, ref3 illiams, Ted, ref1 ilson, ref1, ref2, ref3 ilson, Luke, ref1 imbledon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11 affection of PS for, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 grass courts of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11 of 1977, ref1 of 1990, ref1 of 1991, ref1, ref2 of 1992, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 of 1993, ref1, ref2 of 1994, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8 of 1995, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 of 1996, ref1, ref2 of 1997, ref1, ref2, ref3 of 1998, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 of 1999, ref1, ref2, ref3 PS’s seven men’s singles titles at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13 slowdown of game at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 of 2000, ref1, ref2, ref3 of 2001, ref1, ref2 of 2002, ref1, ref2, ref3
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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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that you can’t wait to get out th
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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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the people there laughed—somewhat
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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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the eyes lighting up and his lips t
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After that match with Jim, I often
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more than a casual commitment), but
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the first things I did when I set u
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And I’d be thinking, How’s that
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Lyon revisited—a full-on disaster
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It’s a lot like that classic West
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The Aussies have a great tennis tra
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Paul wanted me to attack relentless
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pressure and made guys very uncomfo
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was something on my mind, I would j
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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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are and precious, and I really felt
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going an extra round or two at some
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did I ignore the potential benefits
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that sixth straight year-end number
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distraction that blunted my focus.
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intimacy (for 2009, Centre Court wi
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