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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
Jr.
Games
Without
Life
Like
Serving
Tennis
Game
Winning

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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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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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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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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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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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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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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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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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If I don't ask Why me? after my victories, I cannot ask Why me? after my setbacks and disasters.
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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
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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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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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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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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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