You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHETrust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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