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Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
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
Jr.
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More quotes by Arthur Ashe
The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'
Arthur Ashe
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe
You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
Arthur Ashe
I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
Arthur Ashe
I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
Arthur Ashe
If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
Arthur Ashe
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Arthur Ashe
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
Arthur Ashe
Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
Arthur Ashe
My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
Arthur Ashe
You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
Arthur Ashe
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
Arthur Ashe
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
Arthur Ashe
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
Arthur Ashe
