Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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