Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
ARTHUR ASHEI may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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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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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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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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