Start where you are, use what you have.
ARTHUR ASHEI don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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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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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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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 is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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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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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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