Jimmy Connors Quotes

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.

Jimmy Connors

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I have so much to be thankful for.

Alyssa Edwards

ThankfulBe ThankfulMuch

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

Steve Largent

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At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man.

Draymond Green

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I don't play a lot of tournaments, but if I don't win a tournament in a year, people are like, 'What in the world is going on?' People don't realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You're not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren't that good.

Chris Moneymaker

GoodPeopleWinWorldYearYou

School desegregation is associated with higher graduation rates, greater employability, higher earnings, and decreased rates of incarceration.

Clint Smith

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I must've been about 7 or 8 when I realized I wanted to perform in some way.

Brian Fallon

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The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

Ari Fleischer

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Step by step, brick by brick, the edifice of India's legislature is being destroyed.

Arun Jaitley

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Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching dogs in warfare for my book about 'Rin Tin Tin,' and I've read many accounts of their heroics: carrying messages through battle, alerting troops to enemy planes, and even parachuting behind enemy lines.

Susan Orlean

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In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out.

Thomas Shepard

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In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship it should have.

Tom Allen

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My mother had a book club that would dissolve into opening wine.

Tim Federle

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