Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story? — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there. Maybe my methods aren't socially acceptable to some, but it's… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever,… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
I'm getting tired of saying hello to Stan Smith and not getting any reply. I'm cocky and confident and maybe I'm too… — 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 Image
With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow. — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
