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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.

Arthur Ashe

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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Family Father Goodness Myself Yourself
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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Black Face Growth Hard Time Myself
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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Live Myself Quite World
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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Athlete Body Couple Fight Myself Perfection Sick Visual
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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Important Inspirational Life Lose Motivation Win Yourself
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Destination Important Inspirational Journey Motivational Success
Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Game Life Service Win Yourself
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Best Inspirational Race Yourself
There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Funny Sick Sports
I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Last Library Myself Time
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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Bad Failure Life Myself Sports
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Appearance Confidence Feeling Win Yourself
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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Darkness Funny Inspirational Myself Wind
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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Best Judgement Life Myself Time
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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Learning Men Moments Myself Need Strength Weakness
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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Believe Education Equality Justice Law Love Man Old Ourselves Power Respect Woman Young Youth

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