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.
ARTHUR ASHEI have always drawn strength from being close to home.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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 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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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