Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
ARTHUR ASHEIt’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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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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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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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.
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