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.
ARTHUR ASHEI don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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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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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.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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 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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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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