Quote by Arthur Ashe
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. - Arthur Ashe

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

Other quotes by Arthur Ashe

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

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

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Time
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Black History
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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. – Thurgood Marshall

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Have a vision of excellence, a dream of success, and work like hell. – Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, advice to all black youth, c.1967

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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. – Toni Morrison

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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. – Barbara Jordan

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