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.
ARTHUR ASHEDrummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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 spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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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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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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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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