None of it would have happened without his mother. Momma Connors started coaching her undersized boy at age two and taught him a crucial lifelong lesson: The world is a cruel place. The early abuse gave Jimmy a passion that was as impressive he made a legendary run to the U. Open semifinals at 39 as it was obnoxious he famously expressed his disagreement with a call by giving the linesman the finger. Jimbo summed up it best when he credited her as the person who "made me a world champion.

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Before moving to New York, I often imagined myself living in a sparsely furnished loft space, breaking bread with the Young Turks I regularly saw pictured in the Sunday Times. These were the mavericks who made their own rules and looked, as was the current fashion, as though they'd just been yanked feetfirst through a narrow pipe. I myself was not particularly young or Turkish and had no reason to believe that such people might seek me out. Still, though, these were the expectations that preceded a life in Manhattan. If success was too much to ask for, I was willing to accept a two-bedroom apartment and a couple of talented pen pals. When it became clear that even this was beyond my grasp, I settled for a cluttered one-bedroom and a seventy-five-year-old Italian woman, who ungraciously settled for me in return.


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