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 backballbaseball share on social
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 advantagedamnexperience Change image and share on social
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 cleangutlove Change image and share on social
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 dadgrandparentinvolvement Change image and share on social
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 backchallengefailure Change image and share on social
People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there. Jimmy Connors damnpeopleunderstand Change image and share on social
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 anymoregivegood share on social
For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family. Jimmy Connors familyimportantlife Change image and share on social
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 admirationgroundworklay Change image and share on social