When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
ARTHUR ASHERegardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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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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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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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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 accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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