it was the first time a person of color made the davis cup team. he was one of the guys and they didn t look at him as a black tennis player. they looked at him as a tennis player. the davis cup was in essence our olympics in tennis because we didn t have tennis in the olympics till 1988. for arthur that seemed like a no-brainer. like who wouldn t want to represent your country? what it entailed was that you had to play up to four weeks a year if you were going to win. and it could be anywhere in the world. like home and away series. if you get a davis cup that looks good on the resume. it was huge to play davis cup. arthur was quite an unusual type. he was very sort of skinny and gangly and he had a big serve. most people serve stationary but
there was a picture of arthur ashe propped up in the hospital bed with a huge white bandage running right down his middle. will you tell us what happened? that obviously ended my tennis career. because i retired about 2 1/2 months right after that. and got on with the rest of my life. i had made my official announcement of retirement in march 80. the incoming president of the usta asked to see me at the u.s. open and told me that i was the one person they wanted to coach the american davis cup team. i knew that our team would be built around mcenroe. in his first news conference here, mcenroe was joined by other members of the u.s. davis cup team. his attire provoked this introduction from team captain arthur ashe.
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the job because you d go up in the department of justice. kleindienst told me i wouldn t work at that zoo up the street if they paid me. and i should have listened. arthur ashe, bright young member of the united states davis cup team. people think we re all brawn and no brains and i like to fight the myth. he evolved from someone who was analytical to someone who became more about direct action. i just think about all that he did. we never forgot about his race and when i say his race i m talking about the human race.
to ask me if i d take the take. john mitchell said don t take the job because you d go up in the department of justice. climbings said i wouldn t work at that zoo if they paid me. and i should have listened. arthur ashe, bright young member of the united states davis cup team. people think we re all brown and no brains and i like to fight the myth. he evolved from someone who was analytical to someone who became more about direct action. i just think about all that he did. we never forgot about his race and when i say his race i m talking about the human race.