[James Scott "Jimmy" Connors] is a well-known American tennis gamer. He grew up in neighboring Belleville, Illinois.
Even as a teen, he was high up on the positions, and also was understood for his connection with the female tennis celebrity Chris Evert. Connors played the always hostile, and never ever distributed a point without a fight. This choice was also obvious in the singing battles with referees, tournament authorities and other players.
For five consecutive years was Connors rated No. 1 worldwide, between 1974 and also 1978. He won the U.S. Open five times. He was the initial leading gamer that started using a metal noise (Wilson T-2000), and together with Bjorn Borg and Chris Evert two-handed backhand, he made a component of the tennis game.
He won the songs event at Wimbledon in 1974 as well as 1982. After his very first Wimbledon victory, he declined to obtain the symbolic commemorative medal. Yet with time developed Connors and also became an audience favorite. After his second win in Wimbledon Connors consented to be awarded the medal, which earned him more British followers. Connors played a total of six Wimbledon finals.
Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Jimmy.
"I would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire. You know you couldn't take your eyes off him because you never knew what he would do next"
"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"
"Use it or lose it"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"I was never part of the crowd"
"From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths"
"Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had"
"People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there"
"I hate to lose more than I love to win"
"Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it"
"Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind"
"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"
"But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?"
"For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family"
