I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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With what we give, we make a life.
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