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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.

Arthur Ashe

I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Last Library Myself Time
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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Athlete Black Carry Community Face Himself See Sports Yourself
I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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Myself Sports Walk Yourself
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Brave Generosity Kindness Price Service True
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Equality Learning Life Sports Yourself
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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Acceptance Alone Lonely Myself People Sports
If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Mental Myself Play See Sports
It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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Live Myself Quite World
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Control Defeat Failure Lose
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Earn Relationship Time Trust
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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Black Education Library Myself Play Time
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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Best Judgement Life Myself Time
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Control Defeat Failure Lose
There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Funny Sick Sports
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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Election Forgiveness Generosity Help Human Joy Live Myself Poor Purpose Recognition Try Unfortunate
Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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Game Life Service Win Yourself

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