Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if he can juggle another one."

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless.... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities.