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
trust sports reality
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
sports children believe
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.
sports tennis be-good
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
sports accomplishment tennis
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
sports hypnosis lasting-love
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
equality life-is civics
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
sports race diversity
My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
leadership basketball education
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless.... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities.
playing-yourself opponents
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
winning greatness challenges
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
racism black-history african-american
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
gold glitter
It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.
sports analysis syndromes
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
friendship hands enemy
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.