Arthur Ashe Quotes
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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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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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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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It's an amazing feeling to have, I find it very hard to believe.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
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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 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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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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There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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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 wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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.