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thats it. >> new ball. >> shots are 2-2. >> got by him. >> comes back with it! >> you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while youre playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razors edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my bodys floating within myself. >> the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs...

thats it. [ applause ] >> 2-2. >> comes back with it! >> you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while youre playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razors edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my bodys floating within myself. >> the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs....

First thing he told me is, harry, i understand what youre doing but thats not my way. i thought, i know he gets it. hes in the bowels of the beast. the only one thats out there on the tennis court. the only one thats at the country club. so i know he knows what the deal is and still he says thats not my way. i said to myself, you know what? after all of that this guy must be an uncle tom. ♪ this... is the planning effect. this is how it feels to know you have a wealth plan that covers everythi...

Championship points. 40-15. >> one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the mens wimbledon singles title. >> arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. >> the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. thats the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now theyre playing t...

In emotional intensity in a match. it can be a weapon that workings without having to hit a ball. >> arthur ashe now serving again. >> the first set was long and tough. >> ball goes up very high on the service toss. he might lose it. >> split sets until the final set. >> see if he can get another one. >> mr. ashe. thats arthurs day. >> somebodys going to get tired and we were hoping it wasnt our guy. >> he doesnt believe it. oh boy. when you call him mr. cool -- >> advantage mr. ashe.

Team. he was one of the guys and they didnt look at him as a black tennis player. they looked at him as a tennis player. >> the davis cup was in essence our olympics. for arthur that seemed like a no brainer. who wouldnt want to represent your country? what it entailed was that he had to play up to four weeks a year if you were going to win. like home and away series. if you get a davis cup that looks good on the resume. it was huge to play davis cup. >> arthur was quite an unusual type. he was ...

About seven different ways. he was a shot make jer he would always go for broke. he didnt really want to have ten hits in a rally and then try to win the point. >> here are four of the worlds best internationally recognized players. practicing doubles. arthur ashe. bright young member of the united states davis cup team. star of the future. >> the fact my skin is brown. my hair is a certain way. people look at me. sure, he is a negro before anything else. but now its -- well, its almost like mon...

I with drew people told me. i remember feeling that i couldnt trust anybody. >> arthur had very few memories of her and one of them was the day that she died. she was wearing a blue robe. there was a bird singing in the tree and he remembered her leaving the house. she was being taken to the hospital and that she didnt come back. ♪ >> daddy had the spoent of bringing us up. but paramount in his mind is bringing us up in a way that our mother would approve.

Felt like maybe i was a coward for not doing condition things. joining this protest or whatever. >> hell, no, we wont go. >> without going to where i would help my people receive their freedoms. you would have to draf me. im go tomorrow. >> in the 60s it was mohammad ali and arthur ashe. there were really two extremes. one very vocal and one not very vocal. one that identified in the black way. and one that could enter these environments that were the finest clubs and facilities of white america...

>> when arthur won his father came out, and they embraced and it was very emotional. the only time arthurs father walked on the tennis court to congratulate arthur. >> that day for me was vindication for a couple people. my father, all the sacrifice, the money he spent which he couldnt afford, in order to give one of his children the chance to do what i did. i also thought about my brother. he spent two tours in vietnam. wounded once. >> he called me that night and said, im a champion now. peopl...