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.”
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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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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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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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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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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 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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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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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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