When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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