Arthur Ashe Quotes

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.

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

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

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

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

Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.

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