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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, Did I make the best use of the time I had?
Arthur Ashe
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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
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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?
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If I don't ask Why me? after my victories, I cannot ask Why me? after my setbacks and disasters.
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The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish that was for me.
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I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black and have any clout at all, I would like to see you go to South Africa and look for yourself and come back and try to use the tools that you have at your command to try and help the brothers down there.
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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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A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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