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.
ARTHUR ASHEI have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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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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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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 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 I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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