“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.”
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Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors is an American tennis player born on September 2, 1952. He is one of the most successful tennis players of the 20th century, having won numerous Grand Slam singles titles and is considered one of the greatest players in tennis history. more