--- title: "16 Arthur Ashe Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 16 Arthur Ashe quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Arthur Ashe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/katrina-adams-14526_continue_we-make-sure-that-we-continue-to-educate_2183084.jpg" --- > [We make sure that we continue to educate our youth on who Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-adams/we-make-sure-that-we-continue-to-educate-our-youth-on-who-althea/) [Katrina Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/katrina-adams-14526_continue_we-make-sure-that-we-continue-to-educate_2183084.jpg) > [There's just nothing like playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's truly amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-wozniacki/there-s-just-nothing-like-playing-on-arthur-ashe-stadium-it-s-truly/) [Caroline Wozniacki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-wozniacki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/caroline-wozniacki-3543_arthur_there-s-just-nothing-like-playing-on-art_1613035.png) > [I always dreamed of playing a night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's a dream come true for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-shapovalov/i-always-dreamed-of-playing-a-night-match-on-arthur-ashe-stadium-it-s/) [Denis Shapovalov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-shapovalov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/denis-shapovalov-17095_always_i-always-dreamed-of-playing-a-night-matc_1411040.jpg) > [I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlyn-jenner/i-met-arthur-ashe-a-few-times-i-know-how-important-education-was-to/) [Caitlyn Jenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlyn-jenner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/caitlyn-jenner-8820_education_i-met-arthur-ashe-a-few-times-i-know-how_1418688.jpg) > [It's always an honor to play on Arthur Ashe stadium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gael-monfils/it-s-always-an-honor-to-play-on-arthur-ashe-stadium/) [Gael Monfils](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gael-monfils/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/gael-monfils-4124_always_it-s-always-an-honor-to-play-on-arthur-a_257961.jpg) > [Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yannick-noah/arthur-ashe-had-been-the-first-black-athlete-to-play-johannesburg-at/) [Yannick Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yannick-noah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/yannick-noah-26694_apartheid_arthur-ashe-had-been-the-first-black-ath_3113336.png) > [I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-valvano/i-can-t-tell-you-what-an-honor-it-is-to-even-be-mentioned-in-the-same/) [Jim Valvano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-valvano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/jim-valvano-11717_arthur_i-can-t-tell-you-what-an-honor-it-is-to_2871188.png) > [I used to have a poster of Arthur Ashe in my room. To play in his stadium is fabulous. It has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gael-monfils/i-used-to-have-a-poster-of-arthur-ashe-in-my-room-to-play-in-his/) [Gael Monfils](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gael-monfils/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/gael-monfils-4124_connection_i-used-to-have-a-poster-of-arthur-ashe-i_801640.jpg) > [On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/on-monument-avenue-in-richmond-va-there-are-statues-of-five/) [Frank Deford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-deford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/frank-deford-3856_business_on-monument-avenue-in-richmond-va-there_1256708.png) > [Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/mr-arthur-ashe-he-was-good-i-read-some-of-his-books-he-knew-about/) [Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/mike-tyson-752_arthur_mr-arthur-ashe-he-was-good-i-read-some-o_869269.jpg) > [The crowds at the U.S. Open are so passionate! In Arthur Ashe especially, their energy is electric, and I've had matches where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aryna-sabalenka/the-crowds-at-the-u-s-open-are-so-passionate-in-arthur-ashe/) [Aryna Sabalenka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aryna-sabalenka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/aryna-sabalenka-6735_crowds_the-crowds-at-the-u-s-open-are-so-passio_1459987.jpg) > [And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-valvano/and-i-m-going-to-work-as-hard-as-i-can-for-cancer-research-and/) [Jim Valvano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-valvano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/jim-valvano-11717_arthur_and-i-m-going-to-work-as-hard-as-i-can-f_1233769.png) > [I was fortunate to have people like Althea Gibson come and speak to me, also Leslie Allen and Arthur Ashe. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-adams/i-was-fortunate-to-have-people-like-althea-gibson-come-and-speak-to/) [Katrina Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/katrina-adams-14526_continue_i-was-fortunate-to-have-people-like-alth_1816233.jpg) > [Both Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King used these phrases ("playing out of one's mind," or "over one's head") to describe their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-gallwey/both-arthur-ashe-and-billie-jean-king-used-these-phrases-playing-out/) [Timothy Gallwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-gallwey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/timothy-gallwey-49533_action_both-arthur-ashe-and-billie-jean-king-us_471752.png) > [When Arthur Ashe plays tennis, his purpose each day is to play the game in a way he has never played it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-land/when-arthur-ashe-plays-tennis-his-purpose-each-day-is-to-play-the/) [Edwin Land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-land/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/edwin-land-7636_action_when-arthur-ashe-plays-tennis-his-purpos_589733.jpg) > [“Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/successful-leaders-are-like-icebergs-when-you-look-at-an-iceberg-you/) [John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/john-c-maxwell-113_heroism_successful-leaders-are-like-icebergs-whe_2285361.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arthur-ashe/#itemlist", "name": "Arthur Ashe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We make sure that we continue to educate our youth on who Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe were.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katrina Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-adams/we-make-sure-that-we-continue-to-educate-our-youth-on-who-althea/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/katrina-adams-14526_continue_we-make-sure-that-we-continue-to-educate_2183084.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/katrina-adams-14526_continue_we-make-sure-that-we-continue-to-educate_2183084.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/katrina-adams-14526_continue_we-make-sure-that-we-continue-to-educate_2183084.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We make sure that we continue to educate our youth on who Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe were.” — Katrina Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's just nothing like playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium. 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So I feel obligated, part of my duty, to continue to pass on the knowledge I've learned to youngsters and adults alike.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katrina Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-adams/i-was-fortunate-to-have-people-like-althea-gibson-come-and-speak-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/katrina-adams-14526_continue_i-was-fortunate-to-have-people-like-alth_1816233.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/katrina-adams-14526_continue_i-was-fortunate-to-have-people-like-alth_1816233.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/katrina-adams-14526_continue_i-was-fortunate-to-have-people-like-alth_1816233.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was fortunate to have people like Althea Gibson come and speak to me, also Leslie Allen and Arthur Ashe…” — Katrina Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Both Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King used these phrases (\"playing out of one's mind,\" or \"over one's head\") to describe their performances while winning tghe finals at Wimbledon in 1975. . . . The player loses himself in the action, continually breaki g the false limits placed on is potential. Awareness becomes acutely heightened, while analysis, anxiety and self-conscious thought are compoletly forgotten. 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