Start where you are, use what you have.
ARTHUR ASHEI have always drawn strength from being close to home.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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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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I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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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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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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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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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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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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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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