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 ASHEFrom what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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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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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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