You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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