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Jimmy Connors quotes: 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 quotes: In the modern game, you're a clay court specialist, a grass court specialistor a hard court specialist ... or you're Roger Federer.

In the modern game, you're a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist
or a hard court specialist ... or you're Roger Federer.

Jimmy Connors quotes: 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 quotes: Use it or lose it.

Use it or lose it.

Jimmy Connors quotes: Big money encourages tanking. In my opinion, tanking is going on even with a lot of the top guys today - it's quite evident.

Big money encourages tanking. In my opinion, tanking is going on even with a lot of the top guys today - it's quite evident.

Jimmy Connors quotes: 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 quotes: When you're hot, anything can happen.

When you're hot, anything can happen.

Jimmy Connors quotes: People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have helped me if I wasn't physically fit.

People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have helped me if I wasn't physically fit.

Jimmy Connors quotes: I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

Jimmy Connors quotes: Nothing's perfect along the way [in life], and you ride the ups and downs. It's how you come out of those and continue on that I guess really matters.

Nothing's perfect along the way [in life], and you ride the ups and downs. It's how you come out of those and continue on that I guess really matters.

Jimmy Connors quotes: Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.

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 quotes: Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it.

Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it.

Jimmy Connors quotes: I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

Jimmy Connors quotes: With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

Jimmy Connors quotes: The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it you are too old to take advantage of it.

The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it you are too old to take advantage of it.

Jimmy Connors quotes: There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all.

There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all.

Jimmy Connors quotes: I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

Jimmy Connors quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

Jimmy Connors quotes: Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.

Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.

Jimmy Connors quotes: I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.

I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.

Jimmy Connors quotes: There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.

There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.

Jimmy Connors quotes: The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes.

The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes.

Jimmy Connors quotes: Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of east St. Louis.

Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of east St. Louis.

Jimmy Connors quotes: 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 quotes: I was never part of the crowd.

I was never part of the crowd.

Jimmy Connors quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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 quotes: What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you.

What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you.

Jimmy Connors quotes: I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him.

I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him.