There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
ARTHUR ASHEAlways have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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 guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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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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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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