Quotes by Arthur Ashe

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

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

“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.”

“We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.”

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

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

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”

“I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a reviv...”

“I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now. Don’t be angry with me if I am not there in person, alive and well, when you need me. I would like nothin...”