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.
ARTHUR ASHEIt doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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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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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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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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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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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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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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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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 know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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