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.
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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
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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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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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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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