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Tennis Player Quotes:

  Andre Agassi
  Tracy Austin
  Boris Becker
  Bjorn Borg
  Mary Carillo
  Pat Cash
  Kim Clijster
  Jimmy Connors
  Jim Courier
  Lindsay Davenport
  Novak Djokovic
  Chris Evert
  Roger Federer
  Brad Gilbert
  Daniela Hantuchova
  Justine Henin
  Tim Henman
  Lleyton Hewitt
  Martina Hingis
  Ana Ivanovic
  Andrea Jaeger
  Billie Jean King
  Anna Kournikova
  Amelie Mauresmo
  John McEnroe
  Andy Murray
  Rafael Nadal
  Martina Navratilova
  John Newcombe
  Andy Roddick
  Patrick Rafter
  Marat Safin
  Pete Sampras
  Maria Sharapova
  Stan Smith
  Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
  Helen Wills

Jimmy Connors Quotes

June 24, 2006: "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."
— Jimmy Connors, telling The Times (UK) about the inner torment that fueled his competitive fire during his storied 21-year pro career.

1999: "The characters like myself, Nastase, McEnroe and Gerulaitis don't exist anymore. When you had the characters, you didn't appreciate them. Now you don't have them and you're begging for them."

- Jimmy Connors


 






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