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Jimmy Connors took the tennis world by storm like no player in the history of the game. A shaggy-haired working-class kid from the wrong side of the tracks, he was prepared to battle for every point, to shout and scream until he was heard, and he didn't care whom he upset in doing so. He was brash, he was a brat. He was a crowd-pleaser, a revolutionary. And he won more tournaments - an astonishing 109 - than any other man in history, including eight Grand Slam singles titles. Only now is Connors ready to set the record straight on what really happened on and off the court. The rivalry with John McEnroe, that frequently threatened to turn violent, with Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl. His romance with Chris Evert, which made them the sweethearts of the sport. The escapades with his partner in crime, Ilie Nastase. The deep roots of the fierce determination that made him the best player on the planet. This is no genteel memoir of a pillar of the tennis establishment. Unflinching, hard-hitting, humorous and passionate, this is the story of a legend - the one and only Jimmy Connors.
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"An engrossing five-setter, with intense exchanges and no tiebreakers... Like the individualists Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Pete Rose and Chuck Berry, Connors was authentic. The book reflects that swagger." New York Times "Eye-poppingly indiscreet: The Outsider makes most sports autobiographies feel like very tepid affairs in comparison." Daily Mail "Exhilarating... served up at full pelt, as if Connors were charging at readers with his double-handed backhand, complete with sweaty grunts." Mail on Sunday "As spiky and uncompromising as you would hope... candid and funny." -- Marcus Berkmann Daily Mail, Sports Books of the Year "Kudos to Jimmy Connors for valiantly trying to argue in his autobiography, The Outsider, that the current spectacle of Roger Federer, Djokovic and Nadal - whose courtesy and dignity generally match the superlative quality of their play - has nothing on his own era of incontinent litigiousness, oncourt swearing, childish tantrums, umpire abuse, celebratory crotch-grabbing and mutual hatred between top players. Connors' book has the ring of honesty... a magnificent snapshot of his era." -- Ed Smith New Statesman
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0593069285
- ISBN 13 9780593069288
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 442 pages.The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the ori ginal bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors. Connors ignited the tenn is boom in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning h is matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into pri zefights. But it was his prolonged dedication to his craft that w on him the public's adoration. He capped off one of the most rema rkable runs in tennis history at the age of 39 when he reached th e semifinals of the 1991 U.S. Open, competing against players hal f his age. More than just the story of a tennis champion, The Ou tsider is the uncensored account of Connors' life, from his compl icated relationship with his formidable mother and his storybook romance with tennis legend Chris Evert, to his battles with gambl ing and fidelity that threatened to derail his career and his lon g-lasting marriage to Playboy playmate Patti McGuire. When he r etired from tennis twenty years ago, Connors all but disappeared from public view. In The Outsider, he is back at the top of his g ame, and as feisty, outspoken, and defiant as ever. This autobio graphy includes original color photographs from the author. Edit orial Reviews. Seller Inventory # 70e
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