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.”
ARTHUR ASHEI 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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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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