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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.
Sports
Thought
Something
Guess
Early
Fun
Started

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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 have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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If I don't ask Why me? after my victories, I cannot ask Why me? after my setbacks and disasters.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
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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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There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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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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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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