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

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: Start Use Where You

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

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: Destination Doing Important Journey More Often Outcome Success Success Is Than

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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.

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: Cost Heroism Others Remarkably Serve Sober Surpass True Urge Very Whatever

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

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: Important Key Key To Success Preparation Self-Confidence Success Success Is

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

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: Get Give However Life Living Make Makes

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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

Topics: About Bad Bad Things God Good Good Things Happened Life Me My Life Said Say Should Then Things Were Why

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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.

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: Am Best Boat Dark Doing Full Keep Middle Passage Sailing Sails Steady Wind I Am

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

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: After Come Earned Only Passage Should Time Trust

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

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: Bounds Ethnic Expressed Identity More Potential Race Than Within

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

~Arthur Ashe

Topics: About Equality Find History Learn Life Like Out Really You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: July 10th, 1943

Died: February 6th, 1993

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