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Arthur Ashe

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Control Defeat Failure Lose
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Discover Goodness Myself Sports
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Black Creation Different People Problem Sports
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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Bad Failure Life Myself Sports
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Equality Learning Life Sports Yourself
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Earn Relationship Time Trust
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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God Goodness Himself Myself Play See
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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Democracy Play Politics Sports Thinking
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
ARTHUR ASHE

Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
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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Black Education Library Myself Play Time
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Home Myself Sports Strength
Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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Herself Old Strong Yourself
I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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Believe Black Children Glory Myself Ourselves Professional Sports Strong Time
I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Accomplishment Myself Remember Reward
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Appearance Confidence Feeling Win Yourself

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