I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEWe 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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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 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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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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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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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