You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
ARTHUR ASHEIf I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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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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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 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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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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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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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