You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHEI guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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