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 ASHEIt’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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.
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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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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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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