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 ConnorsI hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!
Jimmy ConnorsTennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.
Jimmy ConnorsPlaying in front of 25,000 people and millions more on television, and performing and doing what I worked so hard to try to accomplish was, in my opinion, the ultimate. Do I miss it? Of course I do.
Jimmy ConnorsI 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