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.
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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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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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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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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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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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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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