You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
ARTHUR ASHESuccess is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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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 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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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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 have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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