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Quote by Arthur Ashe
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and i

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless. . . . We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models. – Arthur Ashe

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

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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. – Arthur Ashe

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My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I couldnt quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society. – Reggie Jackson

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When I was coaching, the one thought that I would try to get across to my players was that everything I do each day, everything I say, I must first think what effect it will have on everyone concerned. – Frank Layden

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