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.
ARTHUR ASHEIt is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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