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.

Arthur Ashe

I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

Arthur Ashe

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

Arthur Ashe

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

Arthur Ashe

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.

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

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

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

I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.

Arthur Ashe

If I didn’t play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

Arthur Ashe