Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
ARTHUR ASHEThis 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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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