Arthur Ashe Quotes

These are the times that try men's souls.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

Sail against the wind.

It is hardship that makes clear who the "fighters" are.

That is when you need faith the most. Not when everything is going your way, not when you have much to be thankful for, but when there is darkness all around.

The tunnels may be long, and twisted, and dark; but you are supposed to go through them.

Adventures are only interesting once you've lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.

The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

Hardships make or break people.

... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.

It's easy to walk away from risk, and you don't actually have to face it. Success is based upon overcoming the inherent risk you can't manage your way out of.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.

Struggle has been a part and parcel of my life.

Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.

I came into this league when I was 20, and I didn't know if I was going to make it.

All the things you do, even the shows that don't work, are as much work, but you learn more from the things that are difficult.

Things are not going to be easy, things are not going to be fair. Just do your best.

Struggling has done a couple of things for me. It is an experience to have and it makes you appreciate the good stuff.

I'm drawn to roles where someone has to struggle or fight.

I don't think one ever stops struggling.