Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr.was an American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth10 July 1943
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
winning greatness challenges
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.
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There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
friendship hands enemy
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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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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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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
pain children play
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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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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There were times when I asked myself whether I was being principled or simply a coward.... I was wrapped in the cocoon of tennis early in life, mainly by blacks like my most powerful mentor, Dr. Robert Walter Johnson of Lynchburg, Virginia. They insisted that I be unfailingly polite on the court, unfalteringly calm and detached, so that whites could never accuse me of meanness. I learned well. I look at photographs of the skinny, frail, little black boy that I was in the early 1950s, and I see that I was my tennis racquet and my tennis racquet was me. It was my rod and my staff.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
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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.