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YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT isnt about the
polite, country-club sport where players shake hands over the net
and offer congratulations on a fine drop shot. It views tennis from
inside, where competition is grueling, tempers flare, and egos
collide. Top tennis journalist Paul Fein has compiled hundreds of
the most outrageous, most significant, and most illuminating quotes
on, by, and about tenniss biggest stars and hottest controversies.
You want smack talk? How about Maria Sharapova brushing aside an
intended compliment with Im not the next KournikovaI want to win
matches! Wonder why Jimmy Connors was such a cutthroat? According
to his mother, Jimmy was taught to be a tiger on the court. When he
was young, if I had a shot I could hit down his throat, I did. And
Id say, See, Jimmy, even your mother will do that to you. Fein even
delves into the gritty detail of players personal lives. Witness
Andre Agassis explanation that sex doesnt interfere with your
tennis; its staying out all night trying to find it that affects
your tennis. And of course legendary bad boy John McEnroe both
fires off and gets hits with multiple zingers. Fein includes quotes
of praise, thoughtful commentary, and interesting points about
players, tournaments, and the gamewhere its been and where its
headed. If its about tennis and worth remembering, well, YOU CAN
QUOTE ME ON THAT.. Pauls YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT contains hundreds
of funny, informative and provocative quotes by and about present
and past stars on thirty-five different topics. No one and nothing
is spared.
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Reviews/Endorsements: "Paul Fein hits another ace with YOU CAN
QUOTE ME ON THAT." --Pete Sampras "Paul Fein is tenniss answer to
John Bartlett. This exhaustive work belongs next to Bud Collins's
encyclopedia on your tennis reference desk." --Jon Wertheim, SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED "Out of the mouths of tennis players comes Paul Feins
wonderful, witty, profound, catty collection of quotations from a
whos who of tennis past and present." --Donna Doherty, former
editor of TENNIS magazine "Paul Fein has collected many of the
defining descriptions of the game and its players--things said in
anger and awe, disappointment and desperation. To read this book is
to visit tennis through the voices of its people." --Mary Carillo,
TV tennis analyst and 1977 French Open mixed doubles champion
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| ISBN-10: 1574889257 ISBN-13: 9781574889253 |
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