It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHELife is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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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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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 always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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