Arthur Ashe
24 quotes
Biography
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles.
"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."
"Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome."
"I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting."
"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."
"We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy."
"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost."
"I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now. Don’t be angry with me if I am not there in person, alive and well, when you need me. I would like nothing more than to be with you always. Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone. When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you. Camera, wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on."
"The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight."
"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."
"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."
"You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that."
"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."
"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."
"When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you."
"You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that."
"I have always drawn strength from being close to home."
"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."
"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."
"There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'"
"I have always drawn strength from being close to home."
"Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time."
"Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time."
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
"A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete."