You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
ARTHUR ASHEOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
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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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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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