The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
ARTHUR ASHELater, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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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 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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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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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