Top 29 Quotes by Jimmy Connors

About Jimmy Connors

These are some quotes by American author Jimmy Connors Athlete, who was born on September 2, 1952.

For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.

For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.

Jimmy Connors

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 minutes worth of balls with me?'

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.

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

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 what I'm most proud of. I can't go win Wimbledon anymore, so if what I've done in the past is not good enough, let it go. Because I'm certainly not sitting around thinking about it.

Jimmy Connors

I always insist on my jeans being ironed. Is that a problem?

I always insist on my jeans being ironed. Is that a problem?

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.

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

I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.

I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.

Jimmy Connors

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.

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

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

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.

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

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