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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

Arthur Ashe

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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Important Inspirational Life Lose Motivation Win Yourself
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Control Defeat Failure Lose
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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Herself Old Strong Yourself
It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Hard Work Play Success Talent Try Win
It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Hard Work Play Success Talent Try Win
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Decision Person Slow Wisdom
When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Deep Education Mindset Pay Price Sports Young
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Equality Learning Life Sports Yourself
You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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Achievement Sacrifice Sports Success Time True Worth Yourself
Start where you are, use what you have.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive Satisfaction Yourself
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Discover Goodness Myself Sports
I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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Believe Black Children Glory Myself Ourselves Professional Sports Strong Time
A 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.
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Athlete Body Couple Fight Myself Perfection Sick Visual
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Home Myself Sports Strength
Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Black Face Growth Hard Time Myself
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Athlete Attitude Ideal Lose Mental Sports

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