Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
ARTHUR ASHEIt doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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