Youve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. – Arthur Ashe
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless. . . . We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models. – 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
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. – Arthur Ashe
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. – 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
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. – Arthur Ashe
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it. – Arthur Ashe
There is a syndrome in sports called paralysis by analysis. – Arthur Ashe
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. – Arthur Ashe
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. – Arthur Ashe
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. – Arthur Ashe
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. – 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
I have always drawn strength from being close to home. – Arthur Ashe
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you. – 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
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
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. – Arthur Ashe
