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> [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. In a real sense I was a different person. It was a place where I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/i-can-t-say-that-i-was-my-happiest-on-court-but-i-felt-completely/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

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## More by Jimmy Connors

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/back-in-east-st-louis-tennis-wasn-t-the-real-thing-if-you-weren-t/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/with-everything-else-that-would-swirl-around-me-when-i-got-involved/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/playing-in-front-of-25-000-people-and-millions-more-on-television-and/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [Big money encourages tanking. In my opinion, tanking is going on even with a lot of the top guys today - it's quite evident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/big-money-encourages-tanking-in-my-opinion-tanking-is-going-on-even/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/i-can-t-say-that-i-was-my-happiest-on-court-but-i-felt-completely/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/i-was-raised-by-two-women-and-that-laid-the-groundwork-for-the-way-i/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/i-think-my-greatest-victory-was-every-time-i-walked-out-there-i-gave/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it you are too old to take advantage of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/the-trouble-with-experience-is-that-by-the-time-you-have-it-you-are/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [When you're hot, anything can happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/when-you-re-hot-anything-can-happen/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [Nothing is like being out there and playing and performing and winning - nothing. But to have an interest in the player? The nerves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/nothing-is-like-being-out-there-and-playing-and-performing-and/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/it-was-okay-for-wayne-gretzky-s-dad-for-instance-to-give-him-a-hockey/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/i-ve-been-kicked-in-the-teeth-more-times-in-tennis-than-the-law-ought/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/no-like-i-said-my-dad-was-never-really-part-of-the-tennis-his/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/rather-than-viewing-a-brief-relapse-back-to-inactivity-as-a-failure/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

> [There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-connors/there-is-only-one-number-one-it-is-a-lonely-spot-but-it-has-got-the/)

[Jimmy Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-connors/)

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