110 Quotes by Arthur Ashe

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.

Clothes and manners do not make the...

Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.

It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never quite sure where I am.

Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering on.

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

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."

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.