James Scott “Jimmy” Connors (b.1952) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. Connors won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles, and was a runner-up in seven Grand Slam singles finals, one Grand Slam doubles final and one Grand Slam mixed doubles final. He held the top ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974 to August 22, 1977 and an additional eight times during his career for a total of 268 weeks. He was the first male player to rank No. 1 for more than five years in total. He held a year-end top ten ranking for a record 16 years.
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I hate to lose more than I love to win.
—Jimmy Connors
Topics: Losers, Losing, Loss
Use it or lose it.
—Jimmy Connors
Topics: Exercise
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
Topics: Concentration, Focus
The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it you are too old to take advantage of it.
—Jimmy Connors
Topics: Experience
Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you’re too damned old to do anything about it.
—Jimmy Connors
Topics: Experience
People say I’m around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn’t have helped me if I wasn’t physically fit.
—Jimmy Connors
New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.
—Jimmy Connors
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