Quote #6

'Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.'

More from Arthur Ashe

  1. 'Clothes and manners do not make the man, but where he is made they greatly improve his appearance.'
  2. '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 lif…
  3. 'Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.'
  4. 'One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.'
  5. '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…
  6. 'You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.'
  7. 'From what we get, we can make a living: what we give, however makes a life.'
  8. 'Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.'

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