Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
ARTHUR ASHEI take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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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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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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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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