I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
ARTHUR ASHEFear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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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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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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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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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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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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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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