A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
ARTHUR ASHEThroughout 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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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 have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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