Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Quote of the Day

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. ~ Arthur Ashe



May 14, 1963: Arthur Ashe, at 22, becomes the first African
American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

4 comments:

Don said...

A good and gentle human being, wasn't he?

Creative Introvert...Learning and Building said...

Yes he was. Did you read his autobiography?

Don said...

no. i read alot of sports articles about him. one in particular written by the late ralph wiley who said, "i'd never met a more good and gentle man in my life than arthur ashe." i think they way ashe handled himself upon learning of his disease spoke volumes about his soul.

Creative Introvert...Learning and Building said...

You have to read it! It is definitely inspiring.

That's a great quote describing him. (I say that like I know him.)