Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
ARTHUR ASHEEvery time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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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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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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 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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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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