With what we give, we make a life.
ARTHUR ASHEYou’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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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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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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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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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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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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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With what we give, we make a life.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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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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