You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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