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attgig
08-28-2003, 01:33 PM
forget sampras...

for all us asians...this dude made us want to be tennis stars (even if we hated tennis to begin with)....

http://i.xanga.com/SSJMusashi/michaelchang.jpg
ski
08-28-2003, 01:36 PM
well, don't forget sampras all together ;) chang, agassi, and sampras were the superstars when I grew up in the 80's and early 90's... I reckon agassi's next
ray
08-28-2003, 01:36 PM
His parents attend my uncle's church. Michael was at the church the year he won the French Open and gave my uncle autographed tennis balls, photographs and posters for my brother and me. I've got them back at my 'rents house in New Jersey.

And yes, Michael Chang did inspire to try to get better at tennis. After playing for a decade, I realized i wasn't enjoying it anymore so now i post on Got|Apex? all day long.
slaus
08-28-2003, 01:51 PM
You cant forget Jim Courier in there for players who did well in the late 80s and the 90s.
ray
08-28-2003, 03:15 PM
Originally posted by slaus
You cant forget Jim Courier in there for players who did well in the late 80s and the 90s.

Ivan Lendl!
Stephan Edbergh!
Boris Becker!
brainsmile
08-28-2003, 04:04 PM
Lendl was a robot
Kevster
08-28-2003, 04:16 PM
I was waiting for the other shoe to drop... it was only a matter of time. Michael Chang has always been a class act. I hope he does well in whatever he is planning to do now in retirement.
DaFunkyUnit
08-28-2003, 04:56 PM
Originally posted by lilbigblue


Ivan Lendl!
Stephan Edbergh!
Boris Becker!

I think we're trying to stay patriotic here. Go USA! :P
gear02
08-28-2003, 05:05 PM
Chang was my hero when I was younger, and I guess he still was. I loved how he would scramble for every single shot, no matter how far or hopeless it was. He was an inspiring figure in my life.
bachviet
08-29-2003, 08:31 AM
Chang is a "little Asian that could" in tennis.
RoniMan
08-29-2003, 08:44 AM
aren't we all forgetting the ultimate tennis role model?

JOHN MACKENROE

he taught me how to curse like a sailor!:mad2:
attgig
08-29-2003, 09:19 AM
Originally posted by bachviet
Chang is a "little Asian that could" in tennis.

And Apex is the "little asian that could" in the world of internet...he serves as an inspiration to all asians in computers that didn't think they could make it.
slaus
08-30-2003, 12:00 AM
Originally posted by bachviet
Chang is a "little Asian that could" in tennis.

Yeah he was inspirational to a lot of asian kids growing up. He was smaller than most of the players on the tour but he really left it all out on the court.
cheapchinese
08-30-2003, 01:14 PM
chang was the only player broadcast in taiwan when i was young... all the rest of the player at the tour didn't even have names. i am sure going to miss him, i liked steffi graff, agassi, wasn't really a sampras fan
Apex
08-30-2003, 04:36 PM
Originally posted by brainsmile
Lendl was a robot

He wasn't even a very convincing human. That Lendl was pure, unadulterated robot.