I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
ARTHUR ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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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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You’ve got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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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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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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