Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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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 I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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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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