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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.

Arthur Ashe

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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Attitude Bad Dignity Face Goodness Myself Try
It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Hard Work Play Success Talent Try Win
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
This 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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Achievement Career Sports
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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Athlete Body Couple Fight Myself Perfection Sick Visual
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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Learning Men Moments Myself Need Strength Weakness
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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Black Education Library Myself Play Time
I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Accomplishment Myself Remember Reward
Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Game Life Service Win Yourself
Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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Athlete Black Carry Community Face Himself See Sports Yourself
With what we give, we make a life.
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Generosity Life One Liner
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Discover Goodness Myself Sports
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Early Fun Myself Start
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Decision Person Slow Wisdom
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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Black Creation Different People Problem Sports
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Home Myself Sports Strength

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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