When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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