Start where you are, use what you have.
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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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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With what we give, we make a life.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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