When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
ARTHUR ASHEYou really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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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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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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