Jimmy Connors quotes

" The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. " # Truth

" Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future. " # Books - Reading # Love # The future

" Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18. " # Understanding

" Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief as joy. Each is finite. Each will fade. " # Death and Dying # Love # Grief

" It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. " # Past # Life and Living # The future

" 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. " # Tennis # Love # Death and Dying

" Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it. " # Experience

" Use it or lose it. " # 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. " # Focus # Failure # Action

" I hate to lose more than I love to win. " # Losers and Losing # Love # Winners and Winning