I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
ARTHUR ASHEWe must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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