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
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Covering tennis at the new york times. arthur ashe was at west point in their data processing department and i thought i d go up and interview arthur. what would i give i got the distinct impression that arthur was beginning to realize what he was capable of being off the court. that he could be a spokesperson for social change. i felt that i was coming into my own as far as being able to say what i wanted to say and have it be taken seriously. he had been approached about making a talk in washington, d.c. which would be the first time to really putt himself on the line to reveal some of the ideas that he had. slip away i need you so
But also continue with his tennis. so he was stationed at west point. in january 1968 i was covering tennis at the new york times. arthur ashe was at west point in their data processing department and i thought i d go up and interview arthur. what would i give i got the distinct impression that arthur was beginning to realize what he was capable of being off the court. that he could be a spokesperson for social change. i felt that i was coming into my own as far as being able to say what i wanted to say and have it be taken seriously. he had been approached about making a talk in washington, d.c. which would be the first time to really put himself on the line to reveal some of the