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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
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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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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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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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You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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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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