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.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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