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.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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 learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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