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Jimmy Connors
American
Athlete
Born:
Sep 2
,
1952
Else
Life
Me
Mind
My Life
You
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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
Failure
Treat
Try
Challenge
Relapse
Back
Possible
Rather
Soon
Track
Than
Get
Inactivity
Viewing
Brief
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.
Jimmy Connors
Smile
Best
Me
Losing
Mind
Sunday
Added
Back
Our
Mac
Nuts
Stroll
Would
Charm
Threw
Never
He
Like
Him
Material
Were
Sitting
Going
Different
Breed
Played
People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.
Jimmy Connors
War
People
Damn
Out
Seem
Understand
It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet.
Jimmy Connors
Son
Bird
Montana
Wayne
Okay
Joe
Give
Tennis
Football
Instance
Him
Stick
Hockey
Gretzky
Dad
Her
Larry
Basketball
Use it or lose it.
Jimmy Connors
Lose
Use
I would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire. You know you couldn't take your eyes off him because you never knew what he would do next.
Jimmy Connors
You
Eyes
Fire
Looking
Flame
Would
Would-Be
Take
Never
He
Knew
Like
Know
Mesmerized
Him
Because
Off
Next
Your
Play
Watch
I was never part of the crowd.
Jimmy Connors
Crowd
Never
Part
For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.
Jimmy Connors
Life
Family
My Life
Important
Has-Been
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
Been
Years
Five
Six
The Most Important
Thing
Last
You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour.
Jimmy Connors
You
Remember
Seniors
Else
Main
Tour
Longer
Until
Another
Years
Than
Six
Anybody
Anybody Else
Then
Played
Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.
Jimmy Connors
Time
Best
Mind
Every
Every Time
Back
Out
Could
Step
Clear
Performed
But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?
Jimmy Connors
Life
Somebody
My Life
Else
Know
Read
Real
Real Story
Story
Should
Why
Thinks
From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.
Jimmy Connors
Time
Drive
Took
Our
Way
Our Lives
Practise
Lot
Louis
St. Louis
Paths
Just
Where
Different
Really
Each
Lived
Lives
I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.
Jimmy Connors
Law
Ought
Teeth
Kicked
More
Allow
Tennis
Been
Times
Than
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