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Jimmy Connors Quotes

Jimmy Connors quotes

American Athlete September 2, 1952

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Jimmy Connors quote: "New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill..."
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
Jimmy Connors quote: "I hate to lose more than I love to win."
I hate to lose more than I love to win. Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors quote: "For the last five or six years the most important thing in my..."
For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family. 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. Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors quote: "But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life..."
But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story? Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors quote: "Life is not a spectator sport."
Life is not a spectator sport. Jimmy Connors
Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll. Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors quote: "Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could..."
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 would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire. You know you couldn't take your eyes off him because you never knew what he would do next. 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. Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors quote: "Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher..."
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. Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors quote: "People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there."
People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there. 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. Jimmy Connors
You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour. Jimmy Connors

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