Jimmy Connors Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 2, 1952

Topics

DayFootballBaseballBrotherMom

Mess up and draft somebody at my position, because you are going to sit around and watch him sit the bench. That's always been my mentality. I see it as a challenge.

Andrew Whitworth

ChallengeYouHimBenchMessSee

One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground.

Sonny Perdue

LifeFreedomGreatPerspectiveSky

If you look back to the earliest religions, before they got organized and started building churches and amassing wealth, they all sprang from the same place - they were inspired by nature.

Simon Toyne

NatureBuildingYouWealthLook

Early on, I started realizing the power of hip hop as a fan. I remember taping DJ Red Alert and DJ Marley Marl on the radio. I recorded their shows to hear my favorite artists and songs at that time. I realized then that hip hop culture could move the world, because it was moving me.

Rob Stone

PowerTimeCultureRedMovingWorld

I remember when I was in Los Angeles, and there was one of the very big earthquakes, and it was just absolute pandemonium. I mean the streets were just - people were crashing into each other, people were looting, in just a very short amount of time.

Rory Cochrane

TimePeopleShortRememberMeanBig

Mortality means you don't have forever to work things out. You can live your life unexamined but then on the last day you're going to think: 'I've left things a little late.'

Mitch Albom

LifeWorkLiveDayThinkYou

Because videogames are so inherently influenced by movies, to take a movie and literally create a videogame out of it, you're immediately setting limitations and expectations on what that game can be.

Josh Trank

GameExpectationsYouCreateMovies

I'm never sure how to rank these things, but I will say that it has been a dream of mine ever since I was a kid to play for the Queen of England. Preferably in the throne room.

Joshua Roman

QueenDreamPlaySayWillNever

I don't like to use 'gourmet' because it has become so overused and abused.

Arthur Schwartz

BecomeBecauseLikeUseGourmet

I want to be a good wife, a good mother, a good person.

Peaches Geldof

GoodMotherWifeGood PersonPerson

I grew up in a semi-slum area in Gavipuram, Guttahalli.

Shakuntala Devi

UpGrewArea

I'm a firm believer in learning by heart.

Seamus Heaney

LearningHeartFirmBeliever

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