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.
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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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 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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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