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 was, in my opinion, the ultimate. Do I miss it? Of course I do. Jimmy Connors Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don’t care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up. Jimmy Connors Read Quote
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, or Larry Bird’s dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn’t okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet. Jimmy Connors Read Quote
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 Read Quote
