If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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