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Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn`t talk much. I never met him.

- Mike Tyson

And I`m going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we`ll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I`d like to think I`m going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!

- Jim Valvano

I can`t tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.

- Jim Valvano

I will play (in Ashe) also.

- Svetlana Kuznetsova

(But the tennis association wouldn`t -- and didn`t -- do it that way.) We decided both quarterfinals should be in Ashe, as we have before, ... Both delivered on drama. They`re top names and both matches were epics.

- David Newman