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.
ARTHUR ASHEThis is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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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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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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