Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHEEvery 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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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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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 have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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