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.”
ARTHUR ASHEI spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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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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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for 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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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