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All Quotes by author - Arthur Ashe

" A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. "

" Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. "

" Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone. "

" From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. "

" 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. "

" If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it? "

" I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. "

" I have always drawn strength from being close to home. "

" I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting. "

" 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. "

" I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now. "

" Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. "

" Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. "

" My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. "

" One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. "

Self-Confidence

" Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. "

" Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. "

" The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. "

" There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.' "

" 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. "

" Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. "

" 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. "

" We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. "

" When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. "

" When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you. "

" You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. "

" 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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