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
wearing the foster grants. ray-bans. bruce springsteen s sidekick, john patrick mcenroe jr. i remember wondering how arthur and the volatile younger generation of tennis would get along. what did i say? tell me. please tell me. please tell me. you could see sam smith, rod laver, and arthur, they were perfect gentlemen. and then these young shouting hoodlums acting wild kids come along. i think it was quite a challenge. i like to stick to protocol. i like to stick to the rules. there are a lot of little incidents with john. if a match was supposed to start at 1:00, john would always wait until three minutes past 1:00, always.
Here, mcenroe was joined by other members of the u.s. davis cup team. his attire provoked this introduction from team captain arthur ashe. wearing the foster grants. ray-bans. bruce springsteen s sidekick, john patrick mcenroe jr. i remember wondering how arthur and the volatile younger generation of tennis would get along. what did i say? tell me. please tell me. please tell me. you could see sam smith, rod laver, and arthur, they were perfect gentlemen. and then these young shouting hoodlums acting wild kids come along. i think it was quite a challenge. i like to stick to protocol. i like to stick to the rules. there are a lot of little incidents with john.