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.
ARTHUR ASHEMy potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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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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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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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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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