You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHEWhen we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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 guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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 have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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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.
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