I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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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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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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