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Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe, a legendary Wimbledon player, was dying of AIDS contracted from a blood transfusion during heart surgery in 1983. A fan questioned why God would select Ashe for such a bad disease, to which Ashe replied that out of the millions who start playing tennis, only a few reach the heights he did by winning Wimbledon, so he did not ask "why me?" when victorious and should not do so while facing pain and illness.

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Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe, a legendary Wimbledon player, was dying of AIDS contracted from a blood transfusion during heart surgery in 1983. A fan questioned why God would select Ashe for such a bad disease, to which Ashe replied that out of the millions who start playing tennis, only a few reach the heights he did by winning Wimbledon, so he did not ask "why me?" when victorious and should not do so while facing pain and illness.

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Arthur Ashe

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 the world over, he received letters from his fans, one of them conveyed: "Why does God have to select you for such a bad disease?". To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over--50,000,000 children start playing tennis, 5,000,000 learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach the Wimbledon, 4 to semi finals, 2 to finals. When I was the one holding the cup, I never asked god "Why me?". And today in pain, I should not be asking GOD "why me?".

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