I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
ARTHUR ASHEWe must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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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 have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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 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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