My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
ARTHUR ASHELet me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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