When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
ARTHUR ASHEIf you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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