Life Is Like A Tennis Game. You

If One's Reputation Is A Possession, Then Of All My Possessions, My Reputation Means Most To Me.

There Were Times When I Asked Myself Whether I Was Being Principled Or Simply A Coward.... I Was Wrapped In The Cocoon Of Tennis Early In Life, Mainly By Blacks Like My Most Powerful Mentor, Dr. Robert Walter Johnson Of Lynchburg, Virginia. They Insisted That I Be Unfailingly Polite On The Court, Unfalteringly Calm And Detached, So That Whites Could Never Accuse Me Of Meanness. I Learned Well. I Look At Photographs Of The Skinny, Frail, Little Black Boy That I Was In The Early 1950s, And I See That I Was My Tennis Racquet And My Tennis Racquet Was Me. It Was My Rod And My Staff.

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.

One Important Key To Success Is Self-confidence. An Important Key To Self-confidence Is Preparation.

There Is A Syndrome In Sports Called 'paralysis By Analysis.'