Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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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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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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