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.
ARTHUR ASHEMy humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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