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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

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Arthur Ashe
Age: 49 †
Born: 1943
Born: July 10
Died: 1993
Died: February 6
Military Officer
Tennis Player
Richmond
Virginia
Arthur Robert Ashe
Jr.
Later
Sports
Work
Good
Tennis
Discovered

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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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