I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me..

You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong..

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries..

I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. Y….

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone..

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing….

Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The curre….

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner..

...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were..

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting..

Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will….

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..

I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sl….

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?.

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

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you..

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

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life..

I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black ….

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can..

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