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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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Arthur Ashe
Age: 49 †
Born: 1943
Born: July 10
Died: 1993
Died: February 6
Military Officer
Tennis Player
Richmond
Virginia
Arthur Robert Ashe
Jr.
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Reputation
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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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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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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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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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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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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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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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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My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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