Jimmy Connors Quotes

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

Jimmy Connors

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• A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • World
  • Society
  • Past

• All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Father
  • Me
  • Things

• Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind.

  

  Malcolm de Chazal
  • Men
  • Mind
  • Man

• If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Walking
  • Sorry
  • Thank You

• I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.

  

  Barbara Windsor
  • Lucky
  • Grateful
  • Fortunate

• The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.

  

  Abraham Kuyper
  • Like
  • Existence
  • Poor

• The militia had the same equipment as the military to protect them against the tyrannical government. It's more important today than ever that we uphold our Second Amendment.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Important
  • Today
  • Government

• The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

  

  Karen Kain
  • Well
  • Arts
  • Thrive

• I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Time
  • Attention
  • Winning

• My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • Real
  • Style
  • Yourself

• To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Great
  • Feeling
  • Like

• Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Country
  • Mind
  • Running

• I'd only been in the business three or four years, but I told myself that someday I'd like to be Mort Janklow.

  

  Larry Kirshbaum
  • Business
  • Myself
  • Three

• When I see other people out there, involved, and really giving their time and effort for the kids, then I don't mind giving my time and effort for the kids as well.

  

  LaMarr Woodley
  • People
  • Time
  • Mind

• Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance.

  

  Hans Rosling
  • People
  • Truth
  • Conflict

• I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.

  

  Nas
  • Want
  • Know
  • Rap

• It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons.

  

  Yoshiro Mori
  • World
  • Hope
  • Strong

• I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, 'Well, I really want to try acting while I'm young, and I don't ever want to look back and say that I never gave it a try.' I fully figured I'd be back in grad school - probably for psychology.

  

  Hank Azaria
  • People
  • School
  • College

• At his heart, Gambit is a good man who believes in taking care of his friends, and his friends are what's most important to him. People are his home. He will do anything for those who matter to him.

  

  Marjorie Liu
  • People
  • Good
  • Important

• I personally prefer projecting digitally. I guess I'm of that generation where I like that clarity.

  

  Duncan Jones

• It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.

  

  Bill O'Reilly
  • People
  • Work
  • Country

• Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.

  

  Mahesh Bhupathi
  • Action
  • Thought
  • Professional

• You have to keep writing. It's almost like practice, almost like tennis, that actually after a few days of not writing, first of all it makes you slightly depressed and uneasy, but it also affects the style when you start up again. You need to get the show on the road.

  

  Colm Toibin
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Style

• With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

  

  Jimmy Connors
  • Tennis