Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
ARTHUR ASHERegardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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