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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.
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
Jr.
Littles
Blacks
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Field
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Libraries
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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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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 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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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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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
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You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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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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