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Success Is A Journey, Not A Destination. The Doing Is Often More Important Than The Outcome.

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.

I Have Always Tried To Be True To Myself, To Pick Those Battles I Felt Were Important. My Ultimate Responsibility Is To Myself. I Could Never Be Anything Else.

Fear Isn't An Excuse To Come To A Standstill. It's The Impetus To Step Up And Strike.

It Is Not Just The More Talented Player Who Wins. Some Players May Try A Little Harder.