You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHEIf 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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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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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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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.
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