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
time air balls
Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if he can juggle another one."
player winning tennis
It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
tennis green packers
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.
sports people tennis
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
mean reputation possession
If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
library lasts hours
...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
beautiful games victory
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.
children giving humanity
My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
selfish accomplishment tennis
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.
helping-others joy forgiving
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.
sports sacrifice want
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.
giving
With what we give, we make a life.
education sports college
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
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.