My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
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I 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.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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