You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHEHaving grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a 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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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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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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 always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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