My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
ARTHUR ASHEI don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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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’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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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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 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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