One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
ARTHUR ASHEIt doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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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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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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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 accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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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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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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