I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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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 accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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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 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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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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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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