There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.
I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration. - Jimmy Connors
I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.
- Jimmy Connors
I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time - Jimmy Connors
I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time
What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you. - Jimmy Connors
What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you.
That's something a lot of athletes miss - a lot of them walk away too soon. They don't get everything out of their system. They have a lot of what-if… - Jimmy Connors
That's something a lot of athletes miss - a lot of them walk away too soon. They don't get everything out of their system. They have a lot of what-if…
Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it. - Jimmy Connors
Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.
I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up. - Jimmy Connors
I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up.
[In the modern game] you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist or a hard court specialist... or you're Roger Federer... - Jimmy Connors
[In the modern game] you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist or a hard court specialist... or you're Roger Federer...
Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible. - Jimmy Connors
Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.
Nothing's perfect along the way [in life], and you ride the ups and downs. It's how you come out of those and continue on that I guess really matters. - Jimmy Connors
Nothing's perfect along the way [in life], and you ride the ups and downs. It's how you come out of those and continue on that I guess really matters.
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