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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.

Arthur Ashe

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.
ARTHUR ASHE

Accomplishment Myself Remember Selfish Sports
Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
ARTHUR ASHE

Family Father Goodness Myself Yourself
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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Athlete Black Carry Community Face Himself See Sports Yourself
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
ARTHUR ASHE

Generosity Inspirational Kindness Life Teaching
Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Black Face Growth Hard Time Myself
It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Appearance Gold Myself One Liner
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.
ARTHUR ASHE

Athlete Black Carry Community Face Himself See Sports Yourself
If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
ARTHUR ASHE

Mental Myself Play See Sports
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Earn Relationship Time Trust
You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
ARTHUR ASHE

Expectation Feeling Life Sorry Strong Yourself
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
ARTHUR ASHE

Earn Relationship Time Trust
If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
ARTHUR ASHE

Failure Inspirational Myself Personality Success Victory
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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Myself Sports Walk Yourself
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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Independent Life Play Walk Yourself
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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Black Creation Different People Problem Sports
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.
ARTHUR ASHE

Bad Failure Life Myself Sports

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