I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
ARTHUR ASHEMartina’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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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