Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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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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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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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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