Arthur Ashe Quotes

Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?

About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!

When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

Some defeats are better than victories. A defeat endured as the result of contest conducted in a fair and honorable manner is a thousand times more creditable to the defeated party than a victory gained by all the mean and unscrupulous arts of the wire pullers.

Strikers never lose games... we have to be honest and say that.

I obviously understand how to lose but always want to win.

I don't believe in moral victories. I don't think in pro ball they exist, and they shouldn't exist.

I don't think any game means less than the other ones. You always want to win.

Moral victories are really more for coaches than players.

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.

The winner gives up his chance to be a good sport.

Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter once said, 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.' Well Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.

If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.

Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got it.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything.

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.

It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.

I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose.

A few people have said I should let you win

I just get on with my game and let the referees do their job.