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• "He (Ashe) took the burden of race and wore it as a cloak of dignity."
- Andrew Young, former U.S. delegate to the United Nations
• "From the first time I saw him play, I knew Arthur Ashe was destined for success
as a tennis champion. He was never satisfied with his performance, always feeling
he could do better. That’s the sign of a champion." - Pancho Gonzales
• "Sport is the American factory for children’s heroes because kids play games; they can relate and be awed. But Ashe was a rarer kind of hero, an example of what to do when playing stops; a role model for adults." - S.L. Price, Sports Illustrated 9-19-1994
• "To me Arthur was a shining light. He was a gentleman's gentleman. I rejoiced
when he won. I cried when he lost."
- Ivie Mitchell, Ashe’s former elementary school teacher
• "Arthur was a good friend. Our families were close. I'll miss him very much. It's not just my loss. It's everybody's loss. Mine is just more personal. My kids and his daughter are friends. My wife, his wife and I are friends ... I'm sorry there are no more words to say."
- Bryant Gumble
• "I have always remembered when I first saw him practicing playing tennis by himself. For those who knew him, they knew he was not a lonely man, but that image says so much: solitary, strong and proud,"
- Former Governor L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia's first Black head of state
• "Arthur Ashe's life represents the very best of America, the opportunity to work hard and succeed.”
- President Clinton
• "Words cannot suffice to capture a career as glorious, a life as fully lived, or a commitment to justice as firm and as fair as was his."
- New York Mayor David N. Dinkins
• Arthur was the amazing one. He was a wonder to watch and behold."
- Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
• “I owe [Ashe] a great debt of gratitude for being able to deal with the pressures
and situations. It took a great man and a great athlete like him to do that ...
to really break the color barrier in tennis and be such a great champion; and
to be so well respected as a sportsman to where people could really add no disparaging
remarks about him with any valid basis ... I'm very grateful."
- James Blake, tennis star
• "Arthur was--and through the example he set, still is--a role model to people throughout the world.”
- Harry Marmion, president of the USTA
• "Arthur Ashe Jr. is a true Virginia hero… He met the challenges of life with dignity, poise and grace."
- Johnnie Ashe, Arthur’s brother
• "He saw it as his life's work to leave behind a lasting memorial to all African-American athletes… Arthur returned to his roots. Let his legacy grow, in your soil. Water it, nurture it, and it will be the shining star that Arthur was for all of us."
- Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
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