If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
ARTHUR ASHESomeone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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