Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being... Arthur Ashe tennis effort race sports 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
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... Arthur Ashe leadership Education race role models 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
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 race culture sports 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries. Arthur Ashe race community Education 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
There were times when I asked myself whether I was being principled or simply a coward.... I was wrapped in the cocoon of tennis early in life, mainly by blacks like my most powerful mentor, Dr. Robert Walter Johnson of... Arthur Ashe identity childhood race tennis 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions. Arthur Ashe race athletes representation 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black and have any clout at all, I would like to see you go to South... Arthur Ashe activism race south africa 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy