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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.
Motivational
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Tennis
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Beginning
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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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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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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.
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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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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.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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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.
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Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.
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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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