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Arthur Ashe
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Arthur Ashe
Age: 49 †
Born: 1943
Born: July 10
Died: 1993
Died: February 6
Military Officer
Tennis Player
Richmond
Virginia
Arthur Robert Ashe
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More quotes by Arthur Ashe
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
Arthur Ashe
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.
Arthur Ashe
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.
Arthur Ashe
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Arthur Ashe
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
Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
Arthur Ashe
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
Arthur Ashe
In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?
Arthur Ashe
If I don't ask Why me? after my victories, I cannot ask Why me? after my setbacks and disasters.
Arthur Ashe
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.
Arthur Ashe
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.
Arthur Ashe
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
Arthur Ashe
My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
Arthur Ashe
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
Arthur Ashe
If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
Arthur Ashe
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
Arthur Ashe
I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
Arthur Ashe
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.
Arthur Ashe
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
Arthur Ashe
