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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.

Arthur Ashe

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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Athlete Body Couple Fight Myself Perfection Sick Visual
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Competition Play Rival Yourself
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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Democracy Play Politics Sports Thinking
If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Failure Inspirational Myself Personality Success Victory
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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Breathe Care Myself Start Weakness Yourself
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Early Fun Myself Start
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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Achievement Hope Myself Sports Try Worth
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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Learning Men Moments Myself Need Strength Weakness
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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Darkness Funny Inspirational Myself Wind
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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Achievement Sacrifice Sports Success Time True Worth Yourself
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Early Fun Myself Start
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Athlete Attitude Ideal Lose Mental Sports
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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Myself Sports Walk Yourself
There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Funny Sick Sports
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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God Goodness Himself Myself Play See
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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Beautiful Defeat Game Lost Play Satisfaction Victory Win Yourself

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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