Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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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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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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