Other women try to win while the Williamses decide when. Richard Williams is equal parts lunatic and genius, so he fits in perfectly in the warped world of tennis, which devours its young, corrupts its parents and is as comfortable on the front of the sports section as the front of The National Enquirer. Williams addressing race relations in this country, punctuating one answer with the promise that the truth will set you free. There's a reason bland Lindsay Davenport, great as she is, can't get the headlines in this world. Mere Excellence is antiquated.
Outrageous excellence is better.
We do make exceptions, however. In the case of Anna Kournikova, the excellence is omitted altogether. There, Australian David Hall was scalding the ball, chasing down lobs and playing an exceptional brand of tennis, which is pretty remarkable when you consider Hall has no legs. He lost them 15 years ago. He was hit by a car while hitchhiking at 16.