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
Championship points. 40-15. one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the men s wimbledon singles title. arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. that s the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now they re playing tennis like crazy. in 75, we both win in wimbledon. it s like, oh, my god, this is perfect. i remember dancing with him.
one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the men s wimbledon singles title. arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. that s the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now they re playing tennis like crazy. in 75, we both win in wimbledon. it s like, oh, my god, this is perfect. i remember dancing with him. i said arthur, we both have afros, but yours is real. mine is permed.