With what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHERegardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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