Quotes from Arthur Ashe
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
- 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.
- Arthur Ashe
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
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
- Arthur Ashe
From what we get, we can make a living. What we give; however, makes a life.
- 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
Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if he can juggle another one."
- Arthur Ashe
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
- Arthur Ashe
You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
- Arthur Ashe
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
- 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.
- Arthur Ashe
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
- Arthur Ashe