You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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 one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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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 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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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