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.
ARTHUR ASHEI know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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