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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

Arthur Ashe

This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
ARTHUR ASHE

Achievement Career Sports
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
ARTHUR ASHE

Achievement Career Sports
I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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Believe Black Children Glory Myself Ourselves Professional Sports Strong Time
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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Black Education Library Myself Play Time
Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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Herself Old Strong Yourself
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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Important Inspirational Life Lose Motivation Win Yourself
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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Darkness Funny Inspirational Myself Wind
Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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Fall Feeling Friendship Life Myself Praise Sick Smile Yourself
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Brave Generosity Kindness Price Service True
I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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Election Forgiveness Generosity Help Human Joy Live Myself Poor Purpose Recognition Try Unfortunate
I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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Breathe Care Myself Start Weakness Yourself
We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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Believe Education Equality Justice Law Love Man Old Ourselves Power Respect Woman Young Youth
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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Best Judgement Life Myself Time
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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Black Education Library Myself Play Time

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

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