I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEYou’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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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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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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This 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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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 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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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This 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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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