due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From world
over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why does
GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"? To this Arthur Ashe replied:
"The world over -- 50 million children start playing tennis,
5 million learn to play tennis,
500,000 learn professional tennis,
50,000 come to the circuit,
5000 reach the grand slam,
50 reach Wimbledon,
4 to semi final,
2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And
today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?' "
"Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human,
Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith &
Attitude Keeps you going...