With what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHEIf I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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