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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.
Arthur Ashe
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Arthur Ashe
Age: 49 †
Born: 1943
Born: July 10
Died: 1993
Died: February 6
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Richmond
Virginia
Arthur Robert Ashe
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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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There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
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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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If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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 have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black and have any clout at all, I would like to see you go to South Africa and look for yourself and come back and try to use the tools that you have at your command to try and help the brothers down there.
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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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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe
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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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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