Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
ARTHUR ASHESuccess is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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I 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.
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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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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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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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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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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