I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
ARTHUR ASHEDo not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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 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 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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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