With what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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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.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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