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.
ARTHUR ASHEI have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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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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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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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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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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