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		<title>SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sitting in a cramped and uncomfortable seat on a U.S. Airways flight to Tampa, vowing to fly United next time. But my discomfort is made tolerable by my sweet wife, Nancy, sitting beside me. We’ve been married 30 years and went together for 6 years before that, so my pleasure doesn’t come from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOLLOW THE “GOLDEN RULE” OF TENNIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT FROM “TENNIS: WINNING THE MENTAL MATCH” 
The “Golden Rule” of tennis is the one simple rule that, if followed, will keep you out of more trouble than anything else. It is:  Never do anything on court that doesn’t help you win. Granted, it sounds absurdly obvious, but few people consistently follow it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arthur Ashe Personified Talent and Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arthur Ashe was a fantastic physical talent. He also had the strength of character to overcome emotional difficulties with logic and willpower and make a champion of himself. In his early years Arthur had a tendency to become discouraged when he got behind, and this caused him to lose matches that he might have won. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PLAYING THE “MIDDLE” GAME</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently watching a match between a hard-hitting, talented junior player and a cagey senior. The junior hit every shot better than the senior yet was managing to lose anyway. I was puzzled. To all appearances the junior should have been winning in a walk, but wasn’t. What was happening? Careful observation provided the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RICHARD (PANCHO) GONZALES, POSSIBLY THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can we learn from the career of Pancho Gonzales? Possibly that athleticism, fiery desire and iron will can overcome technical stroke deficiencies.
Pancho Gonzales was, if not the best player of all time, certainly one of the best. His career at the top lasted an incredible number of years. He won the US Championship at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PANCHO (FRANCISCO) SEGURA, HIS GAME AND PERSONALITY</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This sketch is for those of you who are interested in what some of the legendary players of the 1950's and 1960's were like, both as players and people. I played against them and knew them as well as someone who was not one of them could. It is the first of a few such possible sketches. If you like it, let me know and I'll do more.

Pancho Segura, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was deceptive in every way – little and unimpressive to look at, but smart, tricky, and a tennis genius. Just looking at him you would never imagine he could be a great tennis player. Pancho was about 5’6” or 5’7” tall, had severely bowed legs (the result, so it was said, of childhood rickets), was severely pigeon-toed, and had a massive, oversized, handsome head with a luxuriant growth of dark hair. You soon learned why he had such a substantial head – to house a huge brain that was one of the brightest, most calculating, cunning and diabolical that I ever encountered in tennis. Because of this the other pros gave him the appropriate nickname, “Sneaky.”]]></description>
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		<title>DON&#8217;T TALK ABOUT YOUR WINS OR HOW GOOD YOU ARE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal was beautiful in his interview after his semi-final win at the U.S. Open. He gave credit to his opponent, said he was happy with his game and improvement, and convincingly downplayed any talk about his overtaking Federer’s Slam record and/or being the best player of all time. He was modest, even humble, (as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GREAT CHAMPIONS CAN MAINTAIN INTENSITY FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some years ago I was chatting with all-time great Bobby Riggs and asked him how he would rank the great players, since he competed against many of them. Who were the greatest champions of all time? His answer was interesting. He said, “It depends on how you define ‘great.’” Elaborating he said, “If you define [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACCELERATE YOUR EFFORTS AFTER WINNING A CLOSE FIRST SET</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing what comes naturally is not always a great idea when it comes to winning tennis matches. Case in point &#8211; what to do after you win a closely contested first set. Here you have expended a great deal of mental and physical energy getting the set under your belt. You have felt the mounting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RELAXATION HELPS POWER AND SPEED</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 17:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching a show on ESPN about famed pro football coach, Bill Walsh, who was particularly notable for his success in producing great quarterbacks (Joe Montana, San Francisco 49er Hall of Famer, amongst others). In describing Walsh’s techniques, one young quarterback told of how Walsh stood directly behind him in an early practice session and [...]]]></description>
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