Wherever 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 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 ASHEThere is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
ARTHUR ASHESuccess is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHELife is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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.
ARTHUR ASHEIf you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
ARTHUR ASHEIf I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
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 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 ASHEYou really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
ARTHUR ASHELet me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
ARTHUR ASHEOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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’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 ASHESuccess is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHEHaving 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