Author: Arthur Ashe

Quotes

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

- Arthur Ashe

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

- Arthur Ashe

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

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

- Arthur Ashe

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.

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

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

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

- Arthur Ashe

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.

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

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

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

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

- Arthur Ashe

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

- Arthur Ashe

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