If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
ARTHUR ASHEIf I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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With what we give, we make a life.
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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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 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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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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