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.
ARTHUR ASHEI take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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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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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?
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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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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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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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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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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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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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