If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
ARTHUR ASHEI’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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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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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Sometimes, 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.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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