Faith kept tennis star

Arthur Ashe going …

ARTHUR ASHE, the legendary Wimbledon player, was dying of Aids which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.

From all over the world, he received letters from his fans, one of which said: “Why does God have to select you for such a bad disease?”

To this 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, 5,000 reach the Grand Slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, four to the semi-final, two 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?’