Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
ARTHUR ASHEThroughout 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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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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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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 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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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