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

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

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

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

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

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.

You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.