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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

Arthur Ashe

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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Athlete Body Couple Fight Myself Perfection Sick Visual
It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Appearance Gold Myself One Liner
I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Accomplishment Myself Remember Reward
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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Live Myself Quite World
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.
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Bad Failure Life Myself Sports
I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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Black Education Library Myself Play Time
You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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Achievement Sacrifice Sports Success Time True Worth Yourself
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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Fall Feeling Friendship Life Myself Praise Sick Smile Yourself
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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Attitude Bad Dignity Face Goodness Myself Try
With what we give, we make a life.
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Generosity Life One Liner
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Home Myself Sports Strength
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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Independent Life Play Walk Yourself
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Black Creation Different People Problem Sports
I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Last Library Myself Time
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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God Goodness Himself Myself Play See
If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Appearance Mean Myself Oneself Reputation Respect

If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

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