You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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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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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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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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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 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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