I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
ARTHUR ASHEI have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
ARTHUR ASHEI’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.
ARTHUR ASHESometimes, 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 ASHERegardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
ARTHUR ASHEI have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
ARTHUR ASHEIf 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.
ARTHUR ASHEI don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
ARTHUR ASHEWith what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHELet me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
ARTHUR ASHESomeone 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.”
ARTHUR ASHEYou’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
ARTHUR ASHEI have always drawn strength from being close to home.
ARTHUR ASHEEvery time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
ARTHUR ASHELet me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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