Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
Playing in front of 25,000 people and millions more on television, and performing and doing what I worked so hard to try to accomplish… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
Big money encourages tanking. In my opinion, tanking is going on even with a lot of the top guys today - it's quite evident. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my own torment.… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That's… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it you are too old to take advantage of it. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
Nothing is like being out there and playing and performing and winning - nothing. But to have an interest in the player? The nerves… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football,… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share
