Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHESeven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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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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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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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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