I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
ARTHUR ASHEI spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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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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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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