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

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

Start where you are, use what you have..

Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if….

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

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whateve….

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner..

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

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

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

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 ….

There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and….

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike..

The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circ….

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing..

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

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that..

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 so….

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

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

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