The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
ARTHUR ASHEIf I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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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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.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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