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
genie was very bright, independent. physically a ten. she was what i was looking for. he had an aching bone spur in his heel. he decided, okay, so i ll have my bone spur operated on, on february 10th. and on february 20th, we ll get married. i married him on crutches in a huge snow storm, in a day i ll never forget. the ceremony with ashe in a cast after a recent heel operation was performed by the american ambassador to the united nations, andrew young. marriage is essentially a struggle to learn to work together and to forgive each other, because nobody is perfect. what s the best advice you ve gotten? advice we have gotten? not to do this again. i feel pretty good. ambassador young also told me my
she was what i was looking for. he had an aching bone spur in his heel. he decided, okay, so i ll have my bone spur operated on, on february 10th. and on february 20th, we ll get married. i married him on crutches in a huge snow storm, in a day i ll never forget. the ceremony with ashe in a cast after a recent heel operation was performed by the american ambassador to the united nations, andrew young. marriage is essentially a struggle to learn to work together and to forgive each other, because nobody is perfect. what s the best advice you ve gotten? advice we have gotten? not to do this again. i feel pretty good. ambassador young also told me my job is going to be a lot tougher than his. i think he met his match when he met genie. she wasn t going to follow him around like a dutiful little