It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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