The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
ARTHUR ASHEWith what we give, we make a life.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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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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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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