I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEI may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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