denzel washington, samuel l. jackson, and wesley snipes. they all presented me my oscar. and during my speech i made a couple statements. one's that the entertainment industry is way behind sports, as far as diversity goes. it's easier for african american person to be president of the united states of america than president of a hollywood studio or tv or cable network. >> and why does that matter? >> because image... images matter. and if we're not in the position, we're not in the room then we don't really have a say. if... here's the thing, we go... i'm... i'm glad we got black stars. that's great. but they're not really in the... woven into the fabric of decision... decision-making in... in hollywood, or the networks. and also this is beyond hollywood. it's television, it's newspapers, it's magazines. we have to be in those positions where we have a vote... you have a part of the decision. we have a say. and we're... and that's not the case now. >> but here you are, you know, all these years later. does it still frustrate you that it... nothing's changed? >> i can't s

so we started playing one day a week-- really, on the weekends, at an indoor facility, washington park field house it wasn't an indoor facility; it was a basketball court that had basketball lines, volleyball lines, tennis lines. >> you were playing tennis-- >> tennis. >> on a basketball court? >> absolutely. so you're talking about lightning fast. >> yes. >> it was a group lesson. and-- you know, i started there. and then, one day a week, we went to another boys club-- on the west side. then the old town boys club, where they had a net set up. and so, i developed a fast court game at a very early age. i was a serve and volleyer for a reason. you didn't really want the ball to bounce so much-- >> that's right. >> on a basketball court, right-- >> and skid and shoot through, right-- 'cause they-- >> yeah, yeah. >> played my first tournament, which was the ata nationals, in new orleans. so, mind ya, i'd been playing tennis for a year. my first tournament is in new orleans. so we get in the car, and we drive down to new orleans. and i'm playing in the ata nationals with-- you know, a thou