I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
ARTHUR ASHEIf 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.
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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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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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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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Someone 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.”
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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Seven 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.
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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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