American - Athlete | September 2, 1952 -
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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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.
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Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.
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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.
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I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.
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Use it or lose it.
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Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.
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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.
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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.
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People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.
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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.
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Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.
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