If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
ARTHUR ASHEA couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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 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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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