I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had? — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it? — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way,… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
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. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
