Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
ARTHUR ASHESuccess is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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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.”
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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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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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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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 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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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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