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" I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition. "
Michael Chang
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Doing
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" In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball. "
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" For me, I think the Lord wanted me to win to put a smile on Chinese people's faces. "
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" I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show. "
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" Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved. "
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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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" Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances. "
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" I have lost a little bit of flexibility, but the doctors say with any kind of torn ligament it is not uncommon for the injury to take 16 months to be 100 percent healed. "
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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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" Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches. "
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" It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need. "
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" If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. "
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" I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old. "
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" Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I really don't need to do anything, I don't really need to change anything. I need to just keep plugging away, working at it. "
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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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" If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time. "
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" As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys. "
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" You know, I feel like if I don't change something, then the results maybe are going to continue the way that they have. That for me is not something that I want to really be a part of. "
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" I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed. "
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