I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEI take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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.
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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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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