Interesting post on why US athletes don't win as much

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2. Takes me back to public school high school tennis team. Playing against the wealthy

kids from Catholic and other private schools-- who'd just returned from extended tennis camps or vacations in the Bahamas, Bermuda, or elsewhere, with the best of equipment and private coaches.

I was never going to be a great player, but even those on the team with far more skill than I just really could not make up the difference with "grit."

There has been some attempt to bring opportunity to inner city kids with tennis camps. Arthur Ashe set a great example for that in Richmond, VA. But, it will take a lot to bring anything approaching equal opportunity to most kids in this country. Venus and Serena Williams, aside, there are just not that many kids with that level of possibility and that kind of determined, dedicated parent.