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"Let him worry about how he wants to go out" says Jimmy Connors on Andy Murray retirement talk, calls out 'armchair quarterbacks'
ATPWednesday, 28 February 2024 at 12:00
Jimmy Connors has slammed 'armchair quarterbacks' for constantly telling Andy Murray when and how he should retire which has become a theme as of late with the Brit not winning a lot of matches and an article saying he is tarnishing his legacy which the former World No.1 hit back at.
Connors took the viewpoint of others in that Murray has the right over others to decide when he stops and that as long as he is still loving it, isn't in pain and is still competitive, he doesn't see the issue in terms of him continuing his career.
"There's only one guy who's going to know when it's time for Andy Murray to stop and that's him," Connors said. "Yeah, you know you've got these armchair quarterbacks sitting back saying, you know, he's too old, he's too, this, he's not what he used to be."
"Everybody gets older, but you remember him for all the great things that he did, all the Wimbledons and Olympic medal and things like that, and let him worry about how he wants to go out," he added.
"Everybody gets older, but you remember him for all the great things that he did, all the Wimbledons and Olympic medal and things like that, and let him worry about how he wants to go out," he added.
"If he's still enjoying it, if he doesn't mind the travel and, the aches and pains afterwards that, uh, you know, all that entails there and that just doesn't mean on the court, that means everything that goes into it," Connors continued..
"You know, there's only one guy that's going to say, you know, say to him, don't you think you've had enough and then something one day he'll listen to himself," he added.
"You know, there's only one guy that's going to say, you know, say to him, don't you think you've had enough and then something one day he'll listen to himself," he added.
"Andy Murray has put the time in, you know let him enjoy what he wants to do. If he's still going 7-6 in the in the third set, you know that doesn't mean that he's not competing."
"I mean he's in the matches, he's digging and playing and you said it, I mean, you know, there's nothing like going out there and knowing that you've done everything that you could do along the way and you still got the crowd behind you," he added.
"I mean he's in the matches, he's digging and playing and you said it, I mean, you know, there's nothing like going out there and knowing that you've done everything that you could do along the way and you still got the crowd behind you," he added.
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