Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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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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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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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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