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
I m an animal. i go after everything and i fly off the ground and i m jumping and everything so i can get to that tennis ball. any time there is the enormous amount of money involved, it s going to bring out everything in people. these times have changed. you know, from the way arthur was brought up and the game. his attitude is a lot different from mine. connors really burst on the scene in 1974, when he won three of the four grand slam events. this young man, connors, reveling in absolute power. i certainly love to watch him play. it was annihilation from the relentless jimmy connors. but i was never crazy about his personality. he was brash and brisk, ill-mannered. he had this arrogance about him. i do what i want when i want and how i want. fueled by the dominance of
That tennis ball. any time there is the enormous amount of money involved, it s going to bring out everything in people. these times have changed. you know, from the way arthur was brought up and the game. his attitude is a lot different from mine. connors really burst on the scene in 1974, when he won three of the four grand slam events. this young man, connors, reveling in absolute power. i certainly love to watch him play. it was annihilation from the relentless jimmy connors. but i was never crazy about his personality. he was brash and brisk, ill-mannered. he had this arrogance about him. i do what i want when i want and how i want. fueled by the dominance of his mother. don t come up on the ball so much, honey. out more. jimmy connors is one of the