arthur ashe

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

“ The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, ”

“ Try not become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ”

“ You learn about equality in history or civics; but you find out life is not really like that. ”

“ There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport...It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture. ”

“ My only true regret, however, is that now that I see the world more clearly than ever, as I believe I do, I dont seem to have the time left to translate my visions into action as I would like. ”

“ Happiness keeps you sweet, trial keep you strong; sorrow keeps you human, failure keeps you humble. ”

“ I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising and teaching our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports. ”

“ I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches. ”

“ I'm very happy for him... He was heartbroken here once... But that's all over now. I told him he had to face these things in life... to make a man of himself. ”