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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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Arthur Ashe
Age: 49 †
Born: 1943
Born: July 10
Died: 1993
Died: February 6
Military Officer
Tennis Player
Richmond
Virginia
Arthur Robert Ashe
Jr.
Black
Athlete
Way
Cross
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Inroads
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Seven
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Television
Carries
Community
Carrie
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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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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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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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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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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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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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