Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.

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

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

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

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.