Author: Jimmy Connors

Quotes

From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.

From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.

- 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.

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

Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.

Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.

- Jimmy Connors

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

- 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.

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

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

- Jimmy Connors

No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.

No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.

- Jimmy Connors

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

- 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.

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

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