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Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
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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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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If I don't ask Why me? after my victories, I cannot ask Why me? after my setbacks and disasters.
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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 guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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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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