“I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I d...” — Jimmy Connors Quote

“I 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.”

“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.”

“I was never the most technical wrestler. But my coaches definitely instilled in me the belief that if you can push yourself and practice smarter than the other guy, you can beat him.”

“At the end of the day, it's a fight, if you don't get in there to try and beat the hell out of someone; you are never going to win.”

“Every time we record, and every time we go out live, we try and beat what we've already done.”