It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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