Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHELater, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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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 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 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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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