With what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHEWe 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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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 syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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