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.
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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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With what we give, we make a 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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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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