The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
ARTHUR ASHEMy humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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 really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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