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.

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

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

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

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?