Arthur Ashe Quotes

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.

— Yannick Noah

It's always an honor to play on Arthur Ashe stadium.

— Gael Monfils

I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.

— Caitlyn Jenner

I always dreamed of playing a night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's a dream come true for me.

— Denis Shapovalov

There's just nothing like playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's truly amazing.

— Caroline Wozniacki

We make sure that we continue to educate our youth on who Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe were.

— Katrina Adams

The crowds at the U.S. Open are so passionate! In Arthur Ashe especially, their energy is electric, and I've had matches where…

— Aryna Sabalenka

Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and…

— Mike Tyson

On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur…

— Frank Deford

I used to have a poster of Arthur Ashe in my room. To play in his stadium is fabulous. It has a…

— Gael Monfils

I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is…

— Jim Valvano

I was fortunate to have people like Althea Gibson come and speak to me, also Leslie Allen and Arthur Ashe. So I…

— Katrina Adams

And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some…

— Jim Valvano

“Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest…

— John C. Maxwell

When Arthur Ashe plays tennis, his purpose each day is to play the game in a way he has never played it…

— Edwin Land

Both Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King used these phrases ("playing out of one's mind," or "over one's head") to describe their…

— Timothy Gallwey