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.
ARTHUR ASHEYou really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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