You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
ARTHUR ASHEEvery time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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