I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
ARTHUR ASHEI keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
ARTHUR ASHEAlways have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
ARTHUR ASHELife is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
ARTHUR ASHEThe ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
ARTHUR ASHEOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
ARTHUR ASHEFrom what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
ARTHUR ASHEIn 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?
ARTHUR ASHEIf I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
ARTHUR ASHEWhen we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
ARTHUR ASHERegardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
ARTHUR ASHEA wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
ARTHUR ASHEDo not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
ARTHUR ASHEWhen bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
ARTHUR ASHESometimes, 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.
ARTHUR ASHEIt doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHEI have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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