Donal Logue Quotes

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.

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• My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.

  

  Donal Logue
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  • Mom
  • Tennis