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
Take a look at this quote. said my 39 to 45-year-old black professional buddies have paid a very heavy emotional toll. divorce is the norm rather than the exception. nearly everyone is hypertense. the stress is barely bearable, but it s hidden behind genius subterfuges. some of my most speculative colleagues tie bottled up emotions with cardiovascular disease. i firmly believe they re correct, yes. to survive you have to internalize things, yes. arthur took me for a drive along monument avenue in richmond. and told me the stories of him not being able to walk down that street as a kid. you know, i m a northerner. these were fascinating stories
For the magazine section, i sensed there was a lot of repressed anger, anxiety. take a look at this quote. said my 39 to 45-year-old black professional buddies have paid a very heavy emotional toll. divorce is the norm rather than the exception. nearly everyone is hypertense. the stress is barely bearable, but it s hidden behind genius subterfuges. some of my most speculative colleagues tie bottled up emotions with cardiovascular disease. i firmly believe they re correct, yes. to survive you have to internalize things, yes. arthur took me for a drive along monument avenue in richmond. and told me the stories of him not being able to walk down that