When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
ARTHUR ASHEIf I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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