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.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
ARTHUR ASHEIt doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
ARTHUR ASHEYou’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
ARTHUR ASHEA wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
ARTHUR ASHEThis 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.
ARTHUR ASHEWherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
ARTHUR ASHEI have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
ARTHUR ASHEIt’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
ARTHUR ASHELater, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
ARTHUR ASHEI’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
ARTHUR ASHEWhen bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
ARTHUR ASHEIn America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
ARTHUR ASHETrue 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 ASHEFear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
ARTHUR ASHEI 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.
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