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
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
People say Im around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldnt have helped me if I wasnt physically fit. – Jimmy Connors
Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, youre too damned old to do anything about it. – Jimmy Connors
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third times a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. – Rodney Atkins