The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

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

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

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.