19 Quotes By Arthur Ashe


The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
Arthur Ashe on attitude

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.
Arthur Ashe on best

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
Arthur Ashe on education

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

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

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.
Arthur Ashe on god

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.
Arthur Ashe on good

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
Arthur Ashe on happiness

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

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
Arthur Ashe on home

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

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.
Arthur Ashe on life

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
Arthur Ashe on respect

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
Arthur Ashe on sports

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
Arthur Ashe on strength

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Arthur Ashe on success

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
Arthur Ashe on success

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe on time

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe on trust