Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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 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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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