Quotes from Arthur Ashe

Believe me, most people resist change, even when it promises to be for the better. But change will come, and if you acknowledge this simple but indisputable fact of life, and understand that you must adjust to all change, then you will have a head start.

Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can

Chapter Ten The Threads in My Hands THE YEAR 1993 did not start well. In fact, New Year's Day found me ill at ease, hurting, coughing, and feverish, on an airplane bringing my family back a day early from Miami.

Lord," W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, perhaps quoting someone, "make us not great but busy.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

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

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

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

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."

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.

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.

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

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

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.