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 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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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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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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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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