It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHEEvery time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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Sometimes, 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.
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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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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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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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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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