If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
ARTHUR ASHEOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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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 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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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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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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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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