110 Quotes by Arthur Ashe

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 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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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