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If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

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

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

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

I spent many, many hours in ... libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

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.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

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

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

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

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, Did I make the best use of the time I had?

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.

It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never quite sure where I am.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

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

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

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

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.

Clothes and manners do not make the ...

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.

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

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me

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

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.

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

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.

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.

My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

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

With what we give, we make a life.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.