Rather Than Viewing A Brief Relapse Back

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.

Nothing Is Like Being Out There And Playing And Performing And Winning - Nothing. But To Have An Interest In The Player? The Nerves And Everything That Goes With It? Seeing What He's Learned And How He's Done It? That's The Second Best Thing To Playing. I Think.

I Was Raised By Two Women, And That Laid The Groundwork For The Way I Treat 'em: With The Utmost Respect And Admiration.

I Don't Go Out There To Love My Enemy. I Go Out There To Squash Him.

I Was Never Part Of The Crowd.