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

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

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

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.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

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

My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.