I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
Arthur AsheWe 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, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities.
Arthur AsheMy humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
Arthur AsheThis is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
Arthur Ashe