It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHESomeone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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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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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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