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
Point in the first celt, the 19-year-old mcenroe double faulted three straight times. this event was like a huge deal for me. i was in college at the time, and to play arthur there, and actually save a couple match points was just so crazy. it meant a lot to me. arthur was tough. mcenroe got the $100,000 first prize. ashe got $65,000 for second. he got more, there gratitude of everyone who is over 30 and feels younger. i would be willing to stack myself up against any 28-year-old on the tour, anyone. because i work harder than just about anybody. i m in excellent shape. i take care of myself. and i ll be around for a while. i think about denial a lot because i accuse arthur of being in constant denial. but there s good denial and there s bad denial.
Faulted three straight times. this event was like a huge deal for me. i was in college at the time, and to play arthur there, and actually save a couple match points was just so crazy. it meant a lot to me. arthur was tough. mcenroe got the $100,000 first prize. ashe got $65,000 for second. he got more, there gratitude of everyone who is over 30 and feels younger. i would be willing to stack myself up against any 28-year-old on the tour, anyone. because i work harder than just about anybody. i m in excellent shape. i take care of myself. and i ll be around for a while. i think about denial a lot because i accuse arthur of being in constant denial. but there s good denial and there s bad denial. the bad denial is like when arthur first had chest pain in 1979. and he never thought for a