It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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 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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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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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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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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’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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