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.
ARTHUR ASHEA wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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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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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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