You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHEThis 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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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 spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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