Competitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears.

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

- Arthur Ashe

Balance

"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

Compassion

"You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy."

- Arthur Ashe

Personal Growth

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

- Arthur Ashe

Motivation

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

- Arthur Ashe

Motivation

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

Mindfulness

"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

- Kai Greene

Mindfulness

"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

- Unknown

Mindfulness

"Your limits are all in your mind."

- Unknown

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