You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
ARTHUR ASHEWith what we give, we make a life.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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