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.
ARTHUR ASHEYou’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 don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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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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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