If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
ARTHUR ASHEFrom what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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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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