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.
ARTHUR ASHEDrummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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