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that s 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 you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s 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 but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes th ....
that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s 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. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk b ....
Dr. king s assassination. bobby kennedy s assassination. riots in newark, la. you didn t get five minutes to breathe. only negro male to do anything in tennis he is not white. look at the niggers play tennis. how s your confidence? at a zenith i guess five minutes ago. i ll try as hard as i can. here goes arthur ashe now for the championship. losing the first point to tom auker. some calling him tiny tom. he is only 5 7 1/2. first game for ashe. there are terrific variations ....
We re reaching the climax of an extraordinary event in tennis, the first u.s. open. $100,000 in prize money. there was so much happening. dr. king s assassination. bobby kennedy s assassination. riots in newark, l.a. you didn t get five minutes to breathe. he s the only negro male ever to do anything in tennis. he is not white. look at those niggers play tennis. the black lining in the white cloud. arthur ashe, how s your confidence? at its zenith i guess about five, six minutes ago but now it s all the way back down again. i ll be in there trying as hard as i can. here goes arthur ashe now leading off with the first serve for the championship. losing the first point to tom auker. some calling him tiny tom. he s only 57 1/2. he is only 5 7 1/2. ....