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.
ARTHUR ASHEThe ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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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.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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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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