With what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHETrust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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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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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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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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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 guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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