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

I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my own torment. In a real sense I was a different person. It was a place where I could not tolerate the idea of being beaten. I psyched myself up into a state where I felt something close to hatred towards my opponent, a state where I detested the idea of someone making his name at the expense of Jimmy Connors. I was in my element on court, measuring myself against someone else. I was not competitive for show. It came from deep within.

I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.

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

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

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

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.