A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
ARTHUR ASHETrust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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 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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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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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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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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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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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