Arthur Ashe Quotes

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Let me put it this way I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

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.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

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.

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.

I'm very happy for him. . . . He was heartbroken here once, ... But that's all over now. I told him he had to face these things in life . . . to make a man of himself.

I'm waiting for the alarm clock to go off and I'm going to wake up, ... I can't believe how well things are going. This is a dream come true.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

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.

What it is controlled cool, in a way. Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

Clothes and manners do not make the man, but where he is made they greatly improve his appearance.

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number One.