The best Quotes by Arthur Ashe

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.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

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Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

Usher

Success

The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

Christian McCaffrey

Success

No matter how successful you are, the haters will never go away.

Sam Altman in Startup Playbook

Success

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

David Nicholls in One Day

Envy Success

Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with.

Billy Dee Williams

Success

Trust is earned - I can't just magically hand it over.

Elena Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries - Season 1 Episode 4

Trust

Trust no one. Not even your own feelings.

Kerstin Gier in The Ruby Red Trilogy

Trust

Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.

Jodi Picoult in Second Glance

Love Trust Valentine's Day

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Character Self-Confidence

Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Patrick in 10 Things I Hate About You

Self-Confidence

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Paulo Coelho

Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1.

Novak Djokovic

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.

Novak Djokovic

Tennis

I think it's normal that, the first time you meet Federer or Murray or Djokovic, you're going to get nervous. But after a while, they become normal opponents.

Alexander Zverev

Roger Federer Novak Djokovic

Every good tennis player has to have a short memory.

Alexander Zverev

Tennis

Perfection is impossible. In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. But what percentage of points did I win? 54%! In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half the points they play. When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.

Roger Federer - June 2024

Tennis

We have many animals in Switzerland - even goats.

Roger Federer - asked by a child why people call him GOAT

Goats

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

Serena Williams

Laughing & Smile

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

Serena Williams

Dreaming Motivation

I don't know how good mountain lions do in captivity. I'm curious.

Mike Leach

You get these Satanists types that don't believe in God. OK, so you realize you don't get Satan if you don't get God, right? Or atheists that want to believe in ghosts. Wait, wait, wait. You can't have a two-way go on that. You want to be agnostic, be an atheist, fine. But you don't bring ghosts along with you.

Mike Leach

Harry and Meghan, move over! This is what fairy tales are made of. They'd been together for two whole weeks, which for teenagers is basically a lifetime of monogamy. Although between us, it had been a surprisingly PG-13 two weeks.

John McEnroe in Never Have I Ever - Season 3 Episode 1

Teenagers

Aunties are older Indian women who have no blood-relation to you. But are allowed to have opinions about your life and all your shortcomings. And you have to be nice to them because you're Indian.

John McEnroe in Never Have I Ever

India

Does the person in TV have to be better than the one watching at home?

Boris Becker

Fame

Sometimes, I feel like I'm 40. Tennis years are like dog years.

Boris Becker

Tennis

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

André Agassi

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

André Agassi

Winning Training

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

Martina Navratilova

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

Martina Navratilova

Sports Tennis

Quitting is never an option.

Ana Ivanovic

Giving Up Motivation

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

Ana Ivanovic

Age Self-Confidence

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

Pete Sampras

Ambition Sports

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

Pete Sampras

Tennis

Every tournament is important.

Simona Halep

For myself and my attitude, I have, every day, to work on it.

Simona Halep

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.

Jimmy Connors

People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.

Jimmy Connors

I'm an only child, and I don't mind being alone.

Bianca Andreescu

I learned how much determination I have and that no matter what the score is, anyone can come back.

Bianca Andreescu

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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