Arthur Ashe

“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.”

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

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

“The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.”

“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”

“You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.”

“I have always drawn strength from being close to home.”

“Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.”

“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.”

“If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?”

“There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”

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

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