We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

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

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.

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.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.