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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.
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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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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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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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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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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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If I don't ask Why me? after my victories, I cannot ask Why me? after my setbacks and disasters.
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