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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?

Arthur Ashe

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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Education Library Myself Study Time
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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Believe Black Children Glory Myself Ourselves Professional Sports Strong Time
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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Breathe Care Myself Start Weakness Yourself
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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Achievement Sacrifice Sports Success Time True Worth Yourself
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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Beautiful Defeat Game Lost Play Satisfaction Victory Win Yourself
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Confidence Important Inspirational Motivational Oneself Preparation Success
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
If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Appearance Mean Myself Oneself Reputation Respect
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
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Appearance Confidence Feeling Win Yourself
If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Failure Inspirational Myself Personality Success Victory
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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God Goodness Himself Myself Play See
I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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Acceptance Alone Lonely Myself People Sports
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Confidence Important Inspirational Motivational Oneself Preparation Success
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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Brave Generosity Kindness Price Service True
I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Last Library Myself Time

In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?

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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?

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