Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr.was an American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth10 July 1943
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
strong sorry life-is-short
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.
life sports court
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
life sports failure
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.
equality life-is civics
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
life motivation winning
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
face happiness happy life man
I'm very happy for him. . . . He was heartbroken here once, ... But that's all over now. I told him he had to face these things in life . . . to make a man of himself.
amazing feeling hard
It's an amazing feeling to have, I find it very hard to believe,
spiritual commitment pride
I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
sports together i-loved-you
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
sports may way
I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
sports fun
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
brother names black
I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black and have any clout at all, I would like to see you go to South Africa and look for yourself and come back and try to use the tools that you have at your command to try and help the brothers down there.
couple athlete fighting
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.
men needs hammers
I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.