You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
ARTHUR ASHEI spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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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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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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