"This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour."

-- Arthur Ashe

#Years Quotes #Careers Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age, I decided to come to America. I did it illegally, so I jumped the border. I didn't speak any English.”
“No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?”

Source : Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.88, Macmillan
“Unfortunately, it is much easier to shut one's eyes to good than to evil. Pain and sorrow knock at our doors more loudly than pleasure and happiness; and the prints of their heavy footsteps are less easily effaced.”
“Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.”
“Finding relief in your problem is fine, but it will not cure the problem.”
“Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.”
“If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same â€” it is the message you leave behind you that counts.”
“I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.”

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