You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
ARTHUR ASHE
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?
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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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