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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.
Arthur Ashe
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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
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
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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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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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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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