I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
ARTHUR ASHEWith what we give, we make a life.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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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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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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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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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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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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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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