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
I hate to lose more than I love to win.
– Jimmy Connors
People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.
– Jimmy Connors
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
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
Use it or lose it.
– Jimmy Connors
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.
– Jimmy Connors
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.