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
attitude trying faces
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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.
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.
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.
play tennis psychiatrist
If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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.
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.
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.