[Finally, Arthur Ashe put down his tennis racket and walked off the tennis court. He said,] I've had enough. I'm at the point where I'm afraid I'll lose control. ... I don't care. I'd rather lose that than my self-respect. |
Andre, 20 more years! |
Arthur Ashe Jr. is a true Virginia hero, and he belongs here, |
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it. |
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. |
I can't believe I pulled this match out today, ... A lot of credit to Nadia; she played amazing. I don't know what I'm doing here. |
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. |
I had a great U.S. Open. I couldn't have asked for more, |
I hope you have a good day, |
I just proved to myself that I can do it and that I'm up there with the best of them. |
I needed to play 100 percent to win this match. |
I told them, 'I don't care how much you go to church or what else you do, some people won't like you because of the color of your skin,' |
I'm very happy for him. . . . He was heartbroken here once, ... But that's all over now. I told him he had to face these things in life . . . to make a man of himself. |
I'm waiting for the alarm clock to go off and I'm going to wake up, ... I can't believe how well things are going. This is a dream come true. |
If I were to say, ''God, why me?'' about the bad things, then I should have said, ''God, why me?'' about the good things that happened in my life. |