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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.

Arthur Ashe

I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
ARTHUR ASHE

Learning Men Moments Myself Need Strength Weakness
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
ARTHUR ASHE

Best Inspirational Race Yourself
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.
ARTHUR ASHE

Believe Black Children Glory Myself Ourselves Professional Sports Strong Time
Start where you are, use what you have.
ARTHUR ASHE

Inspirational Motivational Positive Satisfaction Yourself
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHE

Destination Important Inspirational Journey Motivational Success
With what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHE

Generosity Life One Liner
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
ARTHUR ASHE

Dignity Enemy Friendship Hands Ourselves
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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Acceptance Alone Lonely Myself People Sports
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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Family Father Goodness Myself Yourself
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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Believe Education Equality Justice Law Love Man Old Ourselves Power Respect Woman Young Youth
If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
ARTHUR ASHE

Bad Failure Life Myself Sports
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.
ARTHUR ASHE

Athlete Black Carry Community Face Himself See Sports Yourself
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.
ARTHUR ASHE

Believe Education Equality Justice Law Love Man Old Ourselves Power Respect Woman Young Youth
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
ARTHUR ASHE

Democracy Play Politics Sports Thinking
I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHE

Accomplishment Myself Remember Reward
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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Black Creation Different People Problem Sports

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