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.
ARTHUR ASHEMartina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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I 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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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I 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.
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