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

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

If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

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?

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

Start where you are, use what you have.