Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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