Arthur Ashe Quotes on Effort
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'Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.'
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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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'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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'When I took the match point, all the years, all the effort, all the support I had received over the years came together. It's a long way from Brook Field to Wimbledon.'
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'I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.'