Author: Jimmy Connors

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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

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

- 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

For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.

For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.

- Jimmy Connors

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

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

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

- 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

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

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