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.
ARTHUR ASHEWhen we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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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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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 don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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