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I spent many, many hours in ... libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I spent many, many hours
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.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Wherever I am when you
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: A wise person decides slowly
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless ... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: We blacks look for leadership
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Later, I discovered there was
Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Throughout my formal education I
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.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Having grown up in a
I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I have become convinced that
I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I may not be walking
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 Ashe Quotes: You've got to make a
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: You've got to get to
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I guess I started too
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I have always drawn strength
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: We must reach out our
There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me
Arthur Ashe Quotes: There's no better stage than
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I keep sailing on in
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I don't want to be
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I have tried to keep
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: One important key to success
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Start where you are. Use
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.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I know I could never
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: You learn about equality in
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Trust has to be earned,
If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: If I don't ask
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: True heroism is remarkably sober,
If I were to say, "God, why me?" about the bad things, then I should have said, "God, why me?" about the good things that happened in my life.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: If I were to say,
Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Life is like a tennis
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
Arthur Ashe Quotes: There is a syndrome in
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.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: You come to realize that
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."
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Someone once told me that
It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: It is not just the
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Let me put it this
My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: My humanity, in common with
Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Drummed into me, above all,
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.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: We must believe in the
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I take the good with
If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: If one's reputation is a
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 Ashe Quotes: I strongly believe the black
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.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: It's an abnormal world I
My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: My potential is more than
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.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: This is my career highlight.
Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Fear isn't an excuse to
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Racism is not an excuse
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: When we were together, I
I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: I don't care who you
It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: It doesn't have to glitter
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: The ideal attitude is to
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
Arthur Ashe Quotes: Every time you win, it
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