If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
ARTHUR ASHEI don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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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 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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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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 take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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