Arthur ashe quotes on opportunity

Quotes by Arthur Ashe

• “Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.”
• “Clothes and manners do not make the man, but where he is made they greatly improve his appearance.”
• “Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit.

  You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.”

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