I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

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