Arthur Ashe

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

Arthur Ashe

You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.

Arthur Ashe

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility os to myself. I could never br anything else.

Arthur Ashe

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

Arthur Ashe

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you’re behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

Arthur Ashe

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, ‘Did I make the best use of the time I had?’

Arthur Ashe

With what we give, we make a life.

Arthur Ashe

You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

Arthur Ashe

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

Arthur Ashe

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

Arthur Ashe