A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
ARTHUR ASHELife is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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