that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the
that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketb
just said how would you like to go to ucla? i received a scholarship sight unseen. it took me all of three seconds to say yes. when arthur and i arrived at ucla california was the hot bed of tennis. if you wanted to expand the tennis career and become a top tennis player in the world california was the place to come. ucla was the perfect place for us. it was great. it was a coed dorm. a lot of the girls that lived in the dorm we all became friend. it was a very healthy social life. you mentioned the excitement about the first date with a white girl at ucla. yes.
from ucla. and the tennis coach called up and out of the clear blue sky just said how would you like to go to ucla? i received a scholarship sight unseen. it took me all of three seconds to say yes. when arthur and i arrived at ucla, california was the hotbed of tennis. if you really wanted to expand your tennis career and become a top tennis player in the world california was the place to come. ucla was the perfect place for us. living at sproul hall it was great. it was a coed dorm. a lot of the girls that lived in the dorm we all became friends. arthur was dating a couple of them. it was a very healthy social