Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
With what we give, we make a life.
It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.
Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
Start where you are, use what you have.
There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.
It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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.
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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.
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.
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.
