Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHEMy potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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