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" I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people. "
Michael Chang
Encourage
People
Tennis
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" For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold. "
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" I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a number, unless you're obviously trying to get into tournaments and stuff. "
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" I see tendencies, I see body language. "
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" The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud. "
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" I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through. "
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" That's what really seems to be the more difficult aspect - to have the men break through and challenge the best players in the world. "
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" It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand. "
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" I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career. "
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" I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament. "
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" My knee feels good right now. I am definitely able to move about whichever way. "
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" I just feel like it would be so against my personality to have this struggle in tennis and just give up. I know it's not me, not who I am, and that would probably affect other parts of my life. "
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