I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
ARTHUR ASHELater, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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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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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 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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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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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.”
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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