If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
ARTHUR ASHESometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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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 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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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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