I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
ARTHUR ASHERegardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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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 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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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’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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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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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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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