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
athlete community black
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.
sports fun sacrifice
Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. 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.
careers years firsts
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.
hero adversity black
Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
wise decision persons
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
sports people loner
I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
dad names would-be
Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
personality victory why-me
If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.
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?
inspirational funny dark
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.
clothes african-american appearance
Clothes and manners do not make the...
believe men law
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.
wall school library
Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
sports home
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.