Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
ARTHUR ASHETrust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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 have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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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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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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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