I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEWe must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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