Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
ARTHUR ASHEThere 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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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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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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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 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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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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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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