It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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