When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.