I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
ARTHUR ASHEYou’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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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