Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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