You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
ARTHUR ASHEWhen we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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