It was like bulls banging heads. He brought out the best and the worst in me and I like to think I did the same with him. Jimmy is one of the greatest players that ever lived, in my opinion. He's like the Pete Rose of tennis. I never seen a guy try as hard as this person on a tennis court. That's something I really respected.
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I hate to lose more than I love to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me.Jimmy Connors
No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.
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Was I as close to my dad as with my mom No, of course not. Is my daughter as close with me as she is with my wife No, of course not.
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Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.
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From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.
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