Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
ARTHUR ASHEI have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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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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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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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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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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