I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
ARTHUR ASHELater, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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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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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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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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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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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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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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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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