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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

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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.
Thought
Something
Guess
Early
Fun
Started
Sports

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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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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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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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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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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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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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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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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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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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