Important Quote by Arthur Ashe

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

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

My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.

— Arthur Ashe

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

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.

— Arthur Ashe

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.

— Arthur Ashe

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

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

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

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

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

— Arthur Ashe

If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

— Arthur Ashe