I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
ARTHUR ASHEA wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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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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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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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