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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.

Arthur Ashe

Start where you are, use what you have.
ARTHUR ASHE

Inspirational Motivational Positive Satisfaction Yourself
If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Failure Inspirational Myself Personality Success Victory
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Best Inspirational Race Yourself
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Early Fun Myself Start
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
ARTHUR ASHE

Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
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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God Goodness Himself Myself Play See
My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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Children Generosity God Greatness Humanity Possible
Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Death Feeling Myself Sorry
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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Believe Black Children Glory Myself Ourselves Professional Sports Strong Time
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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Dignity Enemy Friendship Hands Ourselves
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Discover Goodness Myself Sports
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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Live Myself Quite World
You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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Achievement Sacrifice Sports Success Time True Worth Yourself
You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don’t feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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Expectation Feeling Life Sorry Strong Yourself
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Black Creation Different People Problem Sports
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Confidence Important Inspirational Motivational Oneself Preparation Success

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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