I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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 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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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