From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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 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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I 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.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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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’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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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.
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