Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
ARTHUR ASHEOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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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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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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