I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
ARTHUR ASHEWith what we give, we make a life.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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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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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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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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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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