Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
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...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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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 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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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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It's an amazing feeling to have, I find it very hard to believe.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering on.
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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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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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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.