We 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.
ARTHUR ASHEI have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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