I've Been Kicked In The

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.

People Say I'm Around Because I Have A Lot Of Heart, But I Know All The Heart In The World Couldn't Have Helped Me If I Wasn't Physically Fit.

Tennis Would Be Much More Exciting If They Had Pitching Machines Firing Tennis Was Given To Me To Keep Me Off The Street Corners Of East St. Louis.

Nothing's Perfect Along The Way [in Life], And You Ride The Ups And Downs. It's How You Come Out Of Those And Continue On That I Guess Really Matters.

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.