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.
ARTHUR ASHEA 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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 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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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 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 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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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