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.
ARTHUR ASHESeven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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It’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.
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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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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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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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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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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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