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Michael Chang [1972-0] American

Rank: 104
Athlete, Tennis player

Michael Te-Pei Chang is an American former tennis player. He became the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17 years and 4 months.

Attitude, Change, Dreams, Faith, Food, God, Good, Great, Mom, Smile

Quote	Tags	Rank
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.	Attitude, Good, Great	101
I see tendencies, I see body language.		102
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.	Faith, God	103
For me, I think the Lord wanted me to win to put a smile on Chinese people's faces.	Smile	104
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again.		105
As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay.	Food	106
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.	Change	107
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.		108
Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.		109
I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.		110
It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity.		111
It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.	Dreams	112
You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.		113
As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.		114
I didn't have the ability to blow people off the court, so I needed my legs, my preparation and the ability to think on my feet.		115
All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat.		116
I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.	Mom	117
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.		118
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.		119
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.		120
I am just trying to get biblically stronger.		121
I am actually nondenominational.		122
I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old.		123
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.		124
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.		125
I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career.		126
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.		201
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.		202
My knee feels good right now. I am definitely able to move about whichever way.		203
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.		204
It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need.		205
Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches.		206
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.		207
For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold.		208
I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.		209
Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved.		210
If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time.		211

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