You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHELife is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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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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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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 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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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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