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.
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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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