Arthur Ashe
If 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.Collection: Good
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.Collection: Hope
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.Collection: Veterans
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.Collection: Motivational
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.Collection: History
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.Collection: Inspirational
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.Collection: Attitude
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.Collection: Happiness
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.Collection: Education
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.Collection: Strength
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'Collection: Sports
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.Collection: Success
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.Collection: Friendship
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.Collection: Success
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.Collection: Trust
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.Collection: Best
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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.
I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
Start where you are, use what you have.Collection: Inspirational
Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.Collection: Winning
The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'Collection: Children
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.Collection: Softball
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?Collection: Judging
Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.Collection: Inspirational
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.Collection: Playing Yourself
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.Collection: Cheer
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.Collection: Attitude
If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.Collection: Personality
If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.Collection: Mean
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.Collection: Helping Others
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.Collection: Racism
I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.Collection: Spiritual
It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.Collection: Gold
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.Collection: Fear
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.Collection: Hero
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.Collection: Selfish
Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.Collection: Dad
Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.Collection: Beautiful