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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

Arthur Ashe

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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Education Library Myself Study Time
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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Best Judgement Life Myself Time
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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Brave Generosity Kindness Price Service True
If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Appearance Mean Myself Oneself Reputation Respect
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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Dignity Enemy Friendship Hands Ourselves
I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Last Library Myself Time
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Decision Person Slow Wisdom
It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Hard Work Play Success Talent Try Win
My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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Children Generosity God Greatness Humanity Possible
If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
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Bad Failure Life Myself Sports
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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God Goodness Himself Myself Play See
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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Black Face Growth Hard Time Myself
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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Attitude Bad Dignity Face Goodness Myself Try
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Equality Learning Life Sports Yourself
There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Funny Sick Sports
There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Funny Sick Sports

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

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