I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
ARTHUR ASHEYou’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.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
-
-
It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHE -
If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
ARTHUR ASHE -
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
ARTHUR ASHE -
I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
ARTHUR ASHE -
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHE -
If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
ARTHUR ASHE -
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.
ARTHUR ASHE -
I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
ARTHUR ASHE -
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.
ARTHUR ASHE -
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.”
ARTHUR ASHE -
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
ARTHUR ASHE -
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
ARTHUR ASHE -
Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
ARTHUR ASHE -
Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
ARTHUR ASHE -
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHE