If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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