I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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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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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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