Arthur Ashe quotes Born: 07/10/1943 Died: 02/06/1993 Country: usa

• 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. (Arthur Ashe) [god/bad/god/life]
• From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. (Arthur Ashe) [give/life]
• Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1. (Arthur Ashe) [journey/more]
• There is a syndrome in sports called paralysis by analysis. (Arthur Ashe) [analysis]
• One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. (Arthur Ashe)
• Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. (Arthur Ashe) [look/look/control/confidence]
• Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it. (Arthur Ashe) [time/fear/fear]
• A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. (Arthur Ashe)
• Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. (Arthur Ashe)
• Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone. (Arthur Ashe)
• I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner. (Arthur Ashe)
• 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. (Arthur Ashe)
• I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. (Arthur Ashe)
• I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. (Arthur Ashe)
• I have always drawn strength from being close to home. (Arthur Ashe)
• I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting. (Arthur Ashe)
• 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. (Arthur Ashe)
• I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now. (Arthur Ashe)
• 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. (Arthur Ashe)
• If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it? (Arthur Ashe)
• Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. (Arthur Ashe)
• Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. (Arthur Ashe)
• My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. (Arthur Ashe)
• Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. (Arthur Ashe)
• Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. (Arthur Ashe)
• The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. (Arthur Ashe)
• There is a syndrome in sports called "paralysis by analysis." (Arthur Ashe)
• 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. (Arthur Ashe)
• Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. (Arthur Ashe)
• We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men. (Arthur Ashe)
• We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. (Arthur Ashe)

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