It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHEI don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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