The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the... by Arthur Ashe

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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It doesn't have to glitter to be gold. by Arthur Ashe

It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.

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If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions,... by Arthur Ashe

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

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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.

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Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

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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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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.

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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

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This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.

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Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.

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If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me... by Arthur Ashe

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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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players m... by Arthur Ashe

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.

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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.

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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.

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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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It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never quite sure where I am.

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With what we give, we make a life. by Arthur Ashe

With what we give, we make a life.

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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much... by Arthur Ashe

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

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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone. by Arthur Ashe

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

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