110 Quotes by Arthur Ashe

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    I'm very happy for him. . . . He was heartbroken here once, ... But that's all over now. I told him he had to face these things in life . . . to make a man of himself.

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    I'm waiting for the alarm clock to go off and I'm going to wake up, ... I can't believe how well things are going. This is a dream come true.

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

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    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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    Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.

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    Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.

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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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    Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”

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