The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
ARTHUR ASHEThe ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
ARTHUR ASHEI have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
ARTHUR ASHEIf you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
ARTHUR ASHEIt is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
ARTHUR ASHEWith what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHEYou really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHEI spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
ARTHUR ASHEA wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
ARTHUR ASHEDo not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
ARTHUR ASHEI have always drawn strength from being close to home.
ARTHUR ASHESomeone 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.”
ARTHUR ASHEWhen we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
ARTHUR ASHEMy potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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