"I take the good with the bad,..." - Quote by Arthur Ashe
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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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.”
“If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?”
“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.”
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“Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way.”
“The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it.”
“Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating.”
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“There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are.”
“Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don't mind that you've been given a dirty cup.”
“Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.”