I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
ARTHUR ASHEIt’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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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 have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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 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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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 accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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