My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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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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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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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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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