The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
ARTHUR ASHEDo not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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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 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 spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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