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.
ARTHUR ASHEMy potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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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 accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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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.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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