I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
ARTHUR ASHELife is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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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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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.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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 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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