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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

Arthur Ashe

Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
ARTHUR ASHE

Beautiful Defeat Game Lost Play Satisfaction Victory Win Yourself
Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Black Face Growth Hard Time Myself
I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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Breathe Care Myself Start Weakness Yourself
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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Accomplishment Myself Remember Selfish Sports
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Appearance Mean Myself Oneself Reputation Respect
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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Independent Life Play Walk Yourself
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Best Inspirational Race Yourself
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Decision Person Slow Wisdom
You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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Important Inspirational Life Lose Motivation Win Yourself
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Decision Person Slow Wisdom
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Black Creation Different People Problem Sports
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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Education Library Myself Study Time
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Control Defeat Failure Lose
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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Myself Sports Walk Yourself
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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Battle Important Motivational Myself Responsibility Self Love Sports True

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

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